Mahmoud Khalil’s hopes of being freed on bond as he continues fighting the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him were dashed Friday, despite a judge saying the government could no longer hold Khalil on the premise that his presence in the country is against the national interest.

After nearly three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil made a request to move closer to his family.

The Department of Justice is arguing the latest judicial order for Mahmoud Khalil to be freed from ICE detention. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane has more on the case.

A former Columbia University graduate who has been fighting deportation over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests was ordered released from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility by a federal judge.

An immigration judge on April 10 declared Khalil deportable as a national security risk in response to a declaration from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The judge, Jamee E. Comans, found that the government had established that Khalil being in the U.S. posed “potentially serious foreign policy consequences," according to The Associated Press.

A national interfaith delegation of faith leaders, activists, and community organizers in the weeklong “Freedom Ride in Defense of Democratic Rights” are holding a press conference at the LaSalle Detention Center as Mahmoud Khalil,