Mahmoud Khalil, Judge Farbiarz
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"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 says the Trump administration can detain Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil for allegedly lying on his green card application — after ruling he can't be jailed for foreign policy reasons.
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
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