Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team has submitted multiple briefs and expert statements, and letters of support to the New Jersey court, outlining the irreparable harm he and others will continue to suffer as long as he remains illegally detained in Louisiana, thousands of miles away from his family. In addition, Mr. Khalil submitted his own , “No one is illegal — no human is illegal” Khalil said after he walked out of the La Salle ICE detention facility in Jena, Louisiana. “Justice will prevail no matter what this , On 13 June, the judge declined to order Khalil's release from a detention centre in Jena, Louisiana, after Trump's administration said Khalil was being held on a separate charge that he withheld information from his application for lawful permanent residency. Khalil's lawyers deny that allegation and say people are rarely detained on such charges., Khalil’s supporters denounced his arrest and detention as a violation of free speech based on his activism for the Palestinian cause. Khalil was a student leader at the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment, participating in negotiations with Columbia’s administration seeking to divest the institution from companies bankrolling , Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil has walked out of an immigration detention center in rural Louisiana where he was locked up for more than three months for his campus activism , .