Khalil is out on bail…..Khalil, a legal permanent resident, was arrested in New York in Marchand flown to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana. In April, his wife gave birth to their first child, Deen.
U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz of New Jersey said Friday that prosecutors had not provided a legitimate justification for Khalil’s continued detention.
The government’s bid to keep Khalil detained based on a relatively minor alleged immigration infraction when he is neither a flight risk nor a danger to the community is “highly, highly, highly unusual,” Farbiarz said…..
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The judge’s order to release Khalil on bail marks the latest setback for the Trump administration in its pledge to detain and deport what it has termed “pro-jihadist” students, with federal courts delivering a string of defeats to the government in recent weeks.
One by one, the targeted students and scholars have been released as judges have taken a dim view of the rationale offered by prosecutors for their detentions. The lawyers for the detainees have said their arrests are a form of unconstitutional retaliation for their activism in opposition to the war in Gaza.
Those freed in recent weeks include Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish graduate student grabbed by masked federal agents outside her apartment; Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student detained at his citizenship interview; and Badar Khan Suri, an Indian scholar at Georgetown University seized outside his home in Virginia….
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Federal courts have “uniformly rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to target international students” and green-card holders based on their speech, said Elora Mukherjee, a law professor at Columbia University. Taken together, Mukherjee said, the rulings send a clear message that the administration “shouldn’t be snatching up peaceful protesters and those who write op-eds.”
Khalil had been detained far longer than any other targeted student and has not been accused of any crime….
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Khalil was freed without any form of GPS monitoring, and ICE officials will return his green card, although they will retain his passport. Under the terms of his release, he will be able to travel to New York, Michigan, New Jersey and Louisiana, as well as to Washington for lobbying and legislative purposes….
Note….
This IS the Trump admin FOLLOWING orders by Fedeal Judges and Courts…..
It does NOT mean that the Trump people will give up on their efforts…..
image…Rolling Stone….
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