Judge says hell free Columbia University protester Mahmoud . . . NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says he’ll order Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention Judge Michael Farbiarz made the ruling from the bench in federal court in New Jersey on Friday Lawyers for the Columbia graduate had asked a federal judge to immediately release him on bail from a Louisiana jail, or
Mahmoud Khalil ordered released by federal judge - Good . . . The judge asked the parties to consult with a magistrate judge about any conditions that will be attached to Khalil's release on bail The ruling came at the same time an immigration judge in Jena, Louisiana, was denying Khalil’s request for asylum and ordering him to remain detained -- but Judge's Farbiarz order supersedes that