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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sara Cline

Immigration judge to rule Friday on possible release of detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil

Campus Protest Mahmoud Khalil - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

An immigration judge in Louisiana said she will decide later this week whether the government can continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University activist facing deportation for his role in pro-Palestinian campus protests.

At an immigration hearing Tuesday in Louisiana, Judge Jamee Comans gave the federal government until Wednesday to turn over its evidence gathered against Khalil, a 30-year-old legal U.S. resident.

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