U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said he would not order Khalil's release from detention, saying he can seek relief through other avenues, despite opening up an avenue for release earlier this we...

Khalil will remain in federal custody after a federal judge accepted the government's shifting explanations for why it is detaining him at an immigration facility in rural Louisiana.

Khalil has disputed that he wasn’t forthcoming on the application, and his lawyers have argued that legal permanent residents are virtually never detained for such reasons.