Judge gives Mahmoud Khalil legal team more time to review immigration case

A justice granted Columbia University activistic Mahmoud Khalil’s ineligible squad much clip to reappraisal his migration lawsuit during a proceeding Friday successful Louisiana. 

Khalil, a 30-year-old greenish paper holder who is joined to a U.S. citizen, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials connected March 8. He is facing imaginable deportation implicit his alleged enactment for the Palestinian violent radical Hamas, though helium has not been charged with a crime. 

The justice astatine Lasalle Immigration Court successful Jena said she thinks Khalil "deserves much time" to hole earlier a pleading and delayed further proceedings until April 8. 

A lawyer representing the Department of Homeland Security primitively objected to the matter, arguing that Khalil is being "held astatine the government’s expense." However, Khalil’s lawyer told the justice that "these are superior charges, we request clip to review." 

VIDEO SHOWS ARREST OF COLUMBIA ANTI-ISRAEL RINGLEADER MAHMOUD KHALIL 

Mahmoud Khalil allegedly played a large relation successful the protests against Israel astatine Columbia University.  (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

Khalil looked calm passim the hearing, which unfolded successful a small, windowless courtroom. He spoke comparatively softly successful his responses to the justice and seemed somewhat relaxed. The justice asked him what connection helium understood champion and helium said English and Arabic, and erstwhile she asked if they could proceed successful English, helium said yes.  

Khalil played a large relation successful the anti-Israel protests astatine Columbia. 

In a missive released by his attorneys connected Tuesday, Khalil characterized his apprehension arsenic "indicative of anti-Palestinian racism." He besides blamed Columbia's administration, including erstwhile assemblage President Minouche Shafik, who was criticized for failing to adequately respond to allegations of antisemitic behaviour from activists connected field earlier she yet stepped down. 

"My unjust detention is indicative of the anti-Palestinian racism that some the Biden and Trump administrations person demonstrated implicit the past 16 months arsenic the U.S. has continued to proviso Israel with weapons to termination Palestinians and prevented planetary intervention," Khalil wrote. "For decades, anti-Palestinian racism has driven efforts to grow U.S. laws and practices that are utilized to violently repress Palestinians, Arab Americans, and different communities. That is precisely wherefore I americium being targeted." 

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Mahmoud Khalil tells his woman to telephone his lawyer, Amy, erstwhile being arrested. (The Family of Mahmoud Khalil)

In 1 of the archetypal ineligible victories for Khalil, a justice connected Wednesday ordered his deportation lawsuit beryllium heard successful New Jersey, not Louisiana, wherever helium is being held. The justice cited a instrumentality that required the lawsuit beryllium held successful the aforesaid jurisdiction wherever Khalil's attorneys archetypal filed a suit to situation his detention.  

The Trump medication antecedently said determination was a bedbug infestation astatine the detention installation successful New Jersey, adjacent Khalil's arrest, starring them to person to vessel him to Louisiana. 

LaSalle Immigration Court successful Jena, La., wherever Khalil appeared for a proceeding connected Friday, March 21. (Olivianna Calmes/Fox News)

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"His unlawful and unjust detention cannot stand. We volition not halt warring until helium is location with me," Noor Abdalla, his wife, said successful a connection released by the American Civil Liberties Union earlier this week. 

Fox News’ Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.