Immigration and Customs Enforcement had originally detained Khalil because the government said he was a threat to its foreign policy goal of preventing antisemitism.

The Trump administration is keeping Columbia University alumnus Mahmoud Khalil detained, despite a judge's Wednesday order for his release.

“Mahmoud Khalil was detained in retaliation for his advocacy for Palestinian rights,” Amy Greer, associate attorney at Dratel + Lewis and part of his legal team, said in a statement to The Independent...