NEW YORK — A federal judge said the Trump administration’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil because of his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University was likely unconstitutional.

But in a lengthy order issued Wednesday, Judge Michael Farbiarz declined to release Khalil from a Louisiana detention center , finding his attorneys had not sufficiently responded to another charge brought by the government: that Khalil did not properly disclose certain personal details in his permanent residency application.

The judge said he would outline next steps in the coming days.

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