US judge extends detention of pro-Palestinian protest leader
US District Judge Michael Fabiarz had issued an order Wednesday that the government could not detain or deport Khalil, a legal permanent resident, based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio's assertions that his presence on US soil posed a national security threat.
The order gave the government until Friday to release Khalil.
But by Friday afternoon, the Trump administration "represented that the Petitioner is being detained on another, second charge," the judge wrote.
The Department of Homeland...