Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the encampment protests at Columbia University last spring, was detained on March 8 at his student apartment building.

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist detained by ICE, are fighting to keep his case in N.J.

A federal court in Newark will determine whether the United States can deport Mahmoud Khalil in what could be a landmark case on civil rights.

The Justice Department had moved to dismiss a petition that claims Khalil's detention violates his constitutional rights.

The case against pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in New Jersey after a judge denied a government motion to have the case transferred to Louisiana where the Columbia graduate student remains in federal custody since his arrest last month.

The Columbia University graduate student's lawyers have filed an injunction to have him released from detention

The Trump administration has sought to deport Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil for leading the pro-Palestinian protests and sit-ins at the Ivy League institution.

A federal judge ruled that the legal challenge over Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue in New Jersey.

A federal judge on Tuesday denied the Trump administration's second attempt to move Columbia University alumnus Mahmoud Khalil's case out of New Jersey. The big picture: It sought to transfer the case to Louisiana,