A judge has ruled that a foreign national who led the unrest on Columbia University’s campus in support of the terrorist group Hamas will remain in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The ruling deals a significant blow to the radical Left.
According to Breitbart, Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian national who led pro-Hamas protests at Columbia University, who also happens to be a green card holder, will not be released from ICE custody.
The bombshell ruling came down at the hands of a New Jersey District Judge on Friday.
Khalil requested that the judge approve his release.
However, New Jersey District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz rejected the request.
The judge held nothing back when explaining why he denied the Hamas supporter’s request to be released from custody.
The judge said Khalil “did not put forward factual evidence as to why it might be unlawful to detain him” on a second charge, and “failed to make meaningful legal arguments.”
UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil will not be released from ICE custody.
Today, an NJ District judge ruled that the anti-Israel agitator failed to “put forward factual evidence as to why it might be unlawful to detain him” on the charge of omitting key information on his green card… pic.twitter.com/EhXP6lbVXZ
— Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) June 13, 2025
“The Court preliminary enjoined the Respondents from detaining the Petitioner on a particular charge,” Judge Farbiarz wrote.
“It would be plainly be unlawful to detain the Petitioner on a charge the Court preliminarily enjoined.”
Judge Farbiarz then spoke about the second charge.
“As the Court noted at some length on May 28, the Petitioner did not put forward factual evidence as to why it might be unlawful to detain him on the second charge, and the Petitioner failed to make meaningful legal arguments as to that second charge,” the judge said.
Users across social media had plenty to say about the judge’s ruling.
“Oh, there is an actual judge out there still following the law?” one X user wrote.
Another X user expressed their anger at taxpayer dollars being used to process him, writing:
“It took him a moment to lie on his visa application, but will cost us millions of $ and societal angst to remove him.
“Is he really due this much process?”
Only time will tell what will ultimately happen to him.
