A federal judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration has to release Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained for three months over his activism protesting Israel’s war on Gaza.
Khalil, who was never charged with a crime, has been held in Louisiana since he was arrested entering his New York City apartment building in March. The Trump administration justified the detention by arguing that Khalil, a legal permanent resident whose wife is a U.S. citizen, posed a threat to American foreign policy.
