Judge rejects Trump administration’s bid to move Mahmoud Khalil’s legal case to Louisiana
A federal judge ruled in April 2025 that the deportation case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student, would stay in New Jersey, rejecting the Trump administration's bid to move it to Louisiana, where he was being held.

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