Overview

• On June 13, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz denied Khalil’s release request, ruling that ICE may lawfully detain him over alleged omissions on his green card application.
• Earlier this week, Farbiarz ruled that Khalil’s detention under Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s foreign policy determination likely violated his constitutional rights and barred that basis for holding him.
• After losing on the foreign policy rationale, the Trump administration asserted a secondary charge of immigration fraud, claiming Khalil failed to disclose prior affiliations and employment on his residency forms.
• Khalil and his lawyers argue that the fraud allegations serve as a pretext for retaliation against his pro-Palestinian activism and say his detention separates him from his wife and newborn son ahead of Father’s Day.
• Khalil remains held at an ICE facility in Louisiana and can pursue release by filing a bail application before the immigration judge overseeing his deportation proceedings.