Khalil has been detained since March after the Trump administration began targeting students for pro-Palestinian activism.

A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot deport and must release Mahmoud Khalil, the student whom the Trump administration jailed over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University.

The federal judge presiding over Mahmoud Khalil’s case ruled that the Trump administration, for now, cannot deport or detain the Columbia University activist based on a determination by U.S.