U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied Mahmoud Khalil’s request to attend the birth of his first child as the Columbia University student remains held in Louisiana. Federal agents arrested Khalil,

Khalil, a Columbia University activist who has been held in a detention center in Jena, Louisiana for six weeks, requested a two-week furlough on Sunday morning, noting that his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, had gone into labor eight days earlier than expected.