A case challenging the Trump administration's attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate, will be heard in federal court in New Jersey.

A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration‘s request to transfer pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil‘s case to Louisiana, where he is being held. This is the second time a federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s efforts to litigate Khalil’s case in Louisiana,

A federal district court declined to say whether the US government’s case against Mahmoud Khalil, the prominent pro-Palestinian activist detained by immigration officers, should be heard in New Jersey.

A federal judge has ruled that the legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue to play out in New Jersey, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to transfer the Columbia University protester’s case to Louisiana.

The case of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia University graduate student facing deportation for his advocacy, will be decided in New Jersey, a federal judge ruled

The government argued, in vain, that New Jersey never had jurisdiction on the case and that a habeas corpus petition — to release Khalil — could only be targeted at Louisiana detention