A New York federal judge transferred Khalil’s petition to New Jersey, where the court will determine whether to order Khalil’s release from an ICE detention center in Louisiana. The government previously argued that the New York court didn’t have jurisdiction over Khalil’s case.

Columbia University Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who is in ICE detention, will now fight his legal case in New Jersey, a judge has ruled. Meanwhile, Columbia University’s leaders now face a deadline over the Trump administration’s demands over alleged antisemitism.

Khalil — a Syrian-born Palestinian and permanent U.S. resident— has been locked up in the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, a privately-run immigration lockup with an average daily detainee population of nearly 1,