Columbia
The Columbia graduate spent 104 days in custody and continues to be threatened with deportation for voicing support for Palestinians amid Israel's war in Gaza.
The judge gave the government until Friday to appeal the decision.
The threat comes less than three months after Columbia caved to a list of demands from the president over alleged antisemitism.
Noor Abdalla tells The Cut that no one from the school's administration has reached out in the months since her husband's detention.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The question of whether Khalil would be permitted to hold his child triggered claims by his attorneys that he's been subjected to political retaliation.
Instead of attending commencement, the graduate student is fighting ICE detention and deportation in Louisiana for his pro-Palestinian activism on campus.
Mohsen Mahdawi’s lawyers say he was detained in retaliation for his speech advocating for Palestinian human rights.
Mohsen Mahdawi, a well-known Palestinian activist on Columbia's campus, had been targeted by far-right pro-Israel groups for months.
The government submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Khalil.
President Donald Trump has taken action against individuals, law firms, private corporations, media companies and universities he regards as adversaries.