Federal immigration authorities are seeking to deport a Georgetown University graduate student from India, accusing him of spreading Hamas propaganda online and of harboring ties to the U.S.-designated terror group.

A federal judge in New York ordered the case of Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil be transferred from New York to New Jersey where his lawyers will continue their legal efforts for his release.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied a bid by President Donald Trump's administration to dismiss detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil's challenge to the legality of his arrest by immigration agents over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests but moved the case to New Jersey.

A federal judge in New York denied Wednesday the Trump administration’s request to throw out pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s challenge against his detention, also rejecting the government’s effort to move the green card holder’s case to a more conservative court in Louisiana that could have been more willing to side with the Trump administration.