As Of 3 PM Eastern On Friday... Mr. Khalil Must Wait Until Next Week, For An Order Of Release...

Updated -- the able USDC Judge in Newark has ruled that Mr. Khalil's orders are immediately appealable. That mightily speeds the case along, but thus far, he has not ordered Mr. Khalil's return to Newark, from Jena, Louisiana -- in a private prison. His habeas petition though, may be properly heard in Newark, starting next week. End, update.

That's all for now. But it is all rather hard to understand -- since Mr. Khalil is charged with NO CRIME (and this is purely a civil proceeding) -- how his detention remains. . . appropriate. We are coming up on three weeks without any offer for bond -- on a non-violent civil matter. That's unusual (at least in the prior four years -- and the eight before the four of Tangerine) in immigration matters. He has a green card -- and that status cannot be revoked without due process of law (no matter what Kristi Noem bleats on and on about).

Onward.

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