Judge Michael Farbiarz, of New Jersey, issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting federal officials from booting the Columbia University graduate from the country, arguing that the admin’s reasoning that Khalil’s continued presence would pose a risk to foreign policy was not sufficient, ABC News reported.

Mahmoud Khalil was denied release on Friday by a judge who, earlier in the week, had rejected the Trump administration’s main legal basis for seeking to deport and detain the pro-Palestinian activist.