A Philadelphia court is deciding if a pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate who fought for and won his freedom after spending three months in immigration facilities will remain free or return to custody.

On Tuesday, Mahmoud Khalil was in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, after the Trump administration challenged a lower court’s ruling to have him released from immigration detention.

In the hearing, the court made no ruling and instead said that it will need to deliberate on the case, a process that could take days or weeks.

The case involved the Trump administration’s appeal of rulings over whether Khalil should be removed from the United States and his bail ruling.

Drew Ensign, an attorney for the government, argued that the

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