Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil released from ICE detention in Louisiana
Source: CBS News
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Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil released from ICE detention in Louisiana
By Jacob Rosen
Updated on: June 20, 2025 / 8:17 PM EDT / CBS News
Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil exited an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Louisiana on Friday night, after a federal judge ordered his release while his immigration proceedings play out.
Khalil -- who spent months in custody as the Trump administration attempted to deport him due to "foreign policy" concerns -- addressed reporters after leaving the facility, ahead of his return to New York. … "Trump and his administration, they chose the wrong person for this," Khalil said.
During a hearing hours earlier before U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz, Khalil's attorneys asked him to free Khalil from detention or transfer him to New Jersey. The New Jersey judge agreed, determining that Khalil is not a threat to the community, not a flight risk and that his detention has been "highly unusual."
Farbiarz denied the government's request to stay his decision. In his written order, Farbiarz said "the Petitioner shall be released from immigration custody today." His bail conditions restrict his travel to New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Washington, D.C., and Louisiana, where he must attend all of his immigration proceedings.
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