A federal judge on Friday sided with the Trump administration in the ongoing legal fight over the detention of Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. In a less than two-page order,

N.J. Federal Judge Michael Farbiarz said Khalil could not be held and kicked out of the country based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s determination that his political beliefs advocating for

Khalil has been detained since he was arrested in March. The government has argued that the secretary of state can “personally determine” whether he should remain in the country.