Government must release Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil
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The Department of Justice is arguing the latest judicial order for Mahmoud Khalil to be freed from ICE detention. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane has more on the case.
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FOX 5 New York on MSNWill Trump's administration release Mahmoud Khalil?The judge gave Trump's government until 1:30 p.m. Friday to formally reply to the latest request to free Khalil.
Anti-Israel ringleader Mahmoud Khalil wins court battle as federal judge grants preliminary injunction against Trump administration, temporarily preventing his deportation.
"This vindicates what Mahmoud has maintained since day one — that the government cannot detain or deport him based on Rubio’s say-so," Ramzi Kassem, a lawyer for Khalil and a law professor at the City University of New York, said in a statement.
A judge said the Trump administration cannot detain or deport Mahmoud Khalil for the foreign policy reasons cited by the Trump administration.
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Mo Amer, Mark Ruffalo, Mahershala Ali, Tom Morello, W. Kamau Bell, Arian Moayed, Dallas Goldtooth and Alex Winter came together on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil and his family to call for his freedom