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Judge Orders Release on Bail of Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil

The decision marks a rare judicial rebuke of the administration’s immigration enforcement approach.

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Mahmoud Khalil nach seiner Freilassung aus der Abschiebehaft.
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Der palästinensische Aktivist Mahmoud Khalil darf das Gefängnis vorerst verlassen

Overview

  • Khalil, a Palestinian activist with a US Green Card and a Columbia University alumnus, was arrested by ICE in March for distributing pro-Palestinian materials on campus.
  • District Judge Michael Farbiarz ruled that the government offered no evidence of flight risk or violence and described the detention as “very, very unusual.”
  • After more than three months in a Louisiana immigration facility, Khalil was released on bail on June 20 and returned to New York.
  • The case centers on a rarely used Cold War–era law allowing the administration to deport individuals deemed harmful to US foreign policy.
  • The Justice Department has announced plans to appeal, setting up a broader legal debate over free speech protections and executive authority.