Prominent Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana for now following a procedural hearing in New York, days after he was arrested by federal officials at his Columbia University residence in an attempt by the Trump administration to deport him.

The 12 protesters were taken into custody as scores of people rallied outside City Hall Park in lower Manhattan Tuesday evening.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents told Mahmoud Khalil that his student visa had been revoked before his arrest.