Syrian national Mahmoud Khalil can't be detained and deported due to foreign policy concerns by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a federal district court judge ruled on Wednesday.

The judge found no basis for continuing to hold Khalil based on Rubio’s determination that Khalil’s presence in the U.S. compromises foreign policy interests, which Farbiarz said was the government’s main argument for seeking to detain and deport Khalil.