Detained Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil will stay locked up in a Louisiana ICE facility for now — as a New Jersey judge refused to consider freeing him on bail during a hearing Friday.

Federal prosecutors quietly filed more charges against Mahmoud Khalil, in an attempt to seemingly circumvent the first amendment debate.

At the same time, Khalil began working at the British government’s mission to Syria, which was headquartered in Beirut, administering the Chevening Scholarship. His colleague Andrew Waller recalls him being incredibly “competent” on the job, but also kind to others and the only Syrian in the entire office.

Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil has appeared in immigration court at a remote Louisiana detention center.

The Trump administration has been pushing to deport Khalil and other student demonstrators over their involvement in campus protests against Israel.

A Manhattan federal judge denied the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss Khalil's challenge to his arrest but allowed the case to move to New Jersey.

Mary, a graduate student at Columbia University, was riding the subway home last Thursday night when she received a text message from a friend: “ICE raids allegedly.” Only a few days earlier, agents from the Department of Homeland Security had arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil,

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a student facing deportation for pro-Palestinian activism, will be in New Jersey court today. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The Trump administration has sought to deport Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil for leading the pro-Palestinian protests and sit-ins at the Ivy League institution.