A federal judge has ordered the release of Mahmoud Khalil
A U.S. judge ordered on Friday that Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released from immigration custody, a major victory for rights groups that challenged what they called the Trump administration's unlawful targeting of a pro-Palestinian activist. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.
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A crackdown on university campus protests – most of them supporting the Palestinian cause – has been one of the defining themes of Donald Trump's second term. Mahmoud Khalil – a Graduate student at Columbia University in New York was the first, and probably most high-profile student to have been arrested. He's now been released on bail from federal detention.
