The agency’s policy requires that detained noncitizen parents who are primary caretakers or have custody of a minor be held in facilities close to their children.

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration can’t detain or deport a former Columbia University graduate student based on claims that his participation in pro-Palestinian protests compromised US foreign policy,

A US judge has granted Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil's request for a preliminary injunction, paving the way for his release from ICE detention.

The Columbia University student was detained in March by immigration agents and is being held at a facility in rural Jena, Louisiana.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot deport and must release Mahmoud Khalil, the student whom the Trump administration jailed over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University.