Baton Rouge, April 10 (RHC)-- A federal immigration judge is set to rule Friday on whether the Trump administration has grounds to deport Palestinian Columbia University student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, or whether he should be freed. 

In a hearing in Louisiana Tuesday, Judge Jamee Comans gave Trump officials a little over 24 hours to present their evidence in the case.  

Only 10 journalists were allowed at Tuesday’s hearing, while others said they were denied entry to watch it remotely. 

Khalil’s wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, published a letter Tuesday in which she wrote, “Exactly a month ago, you were taken from me.  This is the longest we have been apart since we got married.  I miss you more and more every day and as the days draw us closer to the arrival of our child, I am haunted by the uncertainty that looms over me.”

[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW ]