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His detention followed that of Columbia University student protest organiser Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident arrested at home in New York but now awaiting deportation from a facility in Louisiana.

Under Trump’s proposal, babies born in this country would not be deemed U.S. citizens if neither the mother nor the father was a citizen or a lawful permanent resident at the time of the birth.

Of those who became citizens during fiscal year 2024, it took on average seven and half years for a legal permanent resident to become naturalized.

The legal team for Khalil—a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. and a Columbia University graduate—is based in New York and New Jersey, and that is where he’s challenging the legality of his deportation order.

However, Khalil, who is a legal permanent resident, was first held in New Jersey.