Mahmoud Khalil, the first pro-Palestinian campus protester detained by the Trump administration, was released on bail after a judge ordered an end to his imprisonment. Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and legal permanent U.S. resident, had been held for 104 days. He was denied the opportunity to be present when his wife gave birth to their son in April and he missed his graduation from Columbia. But his lawyers slowly chipped away at the government’s case, and on Friday they convinced the judge that there was reason to believe Khalil’s detention represented unlawful retaliation for his role in demonstrations on Columbia’s campus. Khalil walked out of the detention center in Louisiana shortly before 7 p.m. local time Friday. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4jXZDC4