Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University grad student who has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention for 10 weeks, are fighting to allow him to have physical contact with his wife and newborn son.

The Columbia University student was detained in March by immigration agents and is being held at a facility in rural Jena, Louisiana.

A federal judge says the Trump administration can continue to detain Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil on allegations that he lied on his green card application.

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud ... visit, meaning he would be separated from his wife and son by a plastic divider and not allowed to touch them. “Granting Khalil this relief of family ...

Ahead of a court hearing, the Columbia University activist was able to meet and hold his newborn son for the first time.