Khalil’s representatives said that ICE’s refusal stood in contrast to the agency’s directives encouraging contact visits and preserving parental rights.

A private prison group working on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) denied a request from Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn son during a visit, Khalil's attorneys said Wednesday.Newsweek reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment via email.

The judge in the case, Michael E. Farbiarz, has yet to weigh in fully on the issues of free speech and due process as Mr. Khalil passes the weeks in Jena, La.

Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University grad student who has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention for 10 weeks, are fighting to allow him to have

ICE officials and a prison contractor refused to grant a contact visit between Mahmoud Khalil​ and his family, the American Civil Liberties Union said.

A judge ordered the Trump administration to let Mr. Khalil meet with his wife and infant son before a hearing on his immigration case. It was unclear whether they would be separated by plexiglass.

The new video appears to show Mahoud Khalil cooperating with ICE agents before he was detained. His legal team claims the video contradicts the government’s argument that he was a flight risk.