Khalil was released after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said it would be “highly, highly unusual” for the government to continue detaining a legal U.S. resident who was unlikely to flee and hadn’t been accused of any violence.
What to know about activist Mahmoud Khalil and his release from immigration detention
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He said it was "highly unusual" for the government to seek to detain someone who is a legal permanent resident and who is facing deportation on the grounds that he was misleading in his immigration application.
Judge orders release of Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian student detained for 3 months by DHS
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