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Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can remain in custody amid green card dispute

A display honours Mahmoud Khalil and other students unable to attend their university graduation in New York City on May 18 [Angelina Katsanis/Reuters]

A United States federal judge has allowed the administration of President Donald Trump to keep student protester Mahmoud Khalil in custody based on allegations of immigration fraud.

On Friday, Judge Michael Farbiarz of Newark, New Jersey, ruled that Khalil’s legal team had not adequately shown why his detention on the charge would be unlawful.

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