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June 16, 2025

U.S. Judge Keeps Mahmoud Khalil Behind Bars over Trump "Immigration Fraud" Accusation
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A federal judge on Friday refused to release Columbia grad Mahmoud
Khalil from an immigration jail in rural Louisiana. Earlier last week,
U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz ruled the government's continued
imprisonment of Khalil over his Palestinian rights activism would be
found unconstitutional, raising hope for his release, but Farbianz did
still accept the Justice Department's rationale for keeping Khalil
locked up for alleged fraud on his 2024 green card application over what
it claims were undeclared affiliations. Khalil's lawyer called the Trump
administration's tactics targeting Khalil "unjust, shocking, and
disgraceful."


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