After a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from imprisoning and deporting Mahmoud Khalil on one set of legal grounds, lawyers for the government now argue the prominent Columbia University student activist is being detained for an entirely different reason.

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.

Lawyers for a former Columbia University graduate student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests asked a US judge to release him after the government failed to file an appeal by a Friday deadline.