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Anna Betts

Judge orders Mahmoud Khalil case to be moved from Louisiana to New Jersey

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Mahmoud Khalil in 2024. The Columbia graduate said he was being targeted by the Trump administration for his political beliefs. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

A New York federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s bid to dismiss the legal challenge brought by Mahmoud Khalil, the recent Columbia graduate and Palestinian activist who was detained by immigration enforcement agents earlier this month, and has ordered the case transferred to New Jersey.

Khalil, a permanent US resident with a green card who helped lead Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protests last spring, was arrested in New York on 8 March by federal immigration authorities. He was transferred first to New Jersey and then to Louisiana, where he is currently detained.

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