Attorneys for detained Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil in new filings say the Trump administration has damaged his reputation and severely undermined his ability to pursue a career in international diplomacy and human rights “by baselessly identifying him as a risk to the foreign policy of the United States” based on his advocacy for Palestinians and criticism of Israel, “marking him and his family as targets for harassment and notoriety.”

“[The] longer the determination stands, the more reputational damage it does, ” Khalil’s legal team wrote.

The New Jersey federal court filing came in support of Khalil’s motion for a preliminary injunction in his habeas corpus case, which seeks his immediate release from custody.

Lawyers are also calling for the vacating of S

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