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.

A federal judge in New York ordered the case of Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil be transferred from New York to New Jersey where his lawyers will continue their legal efforts for his release.

The Trump administration has sought to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, though he is a legal permanent resident and has not been charged with a crime.

Two transgender men serving in the U.S. Air Force and with connections to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County are plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

A federal judge has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for his sweeping agenda