The former Columbia student and pro-Palestinian activist remains in detention despite a federal judge’s partial ruling in his favor.

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Columbia University demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil were likely unconstitutional. Judge Michael E. Farbiarz in New Jersey ruled that an obscure section of immigration law cited by the Trump administration couldn’t be used against Khalil as a basis to deport him for things he said in the U.

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's attempt to deport Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil is likely unconstitutional.