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Mahmoud Khalil’s case to remain in New Jersey

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Khalil is suing the federal government, arguing that it violated his constitutional rights, including free speech and due process, when it detained and attempted to deport him.
From USA TODAY
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is being held in an immigration detention facility in Louisiana more than a thousand miles away from where the 30-year-old was arrested in New York in early ...
From Wall Street Journal
Attorneys argued the government’s actions were an attempt to suppress dissent and limit access to legal counsel by transferring Khalil across state lines in the middle of the night.
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Federal judge rules case of Mahmoud Khalil to stay in New Jersey
The opinion, unless appealed by the government, would clear the way for Judge Michael Fabiarz to decide the more substantive issues of Khalil's continued confinement.
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