A Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the “irreparable harm” caused by his continued detention as a federal judge weighs his release.

“I’m really worried about what is going on above us and what is happening, and we as Louisiana citizens did not give anyone the right to do this above us,” Louisiana Rep. Kimberly Landry Coates said.

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Parts of the jail have flooded, and people incarcerated at the facility are complaining about the smell.

The decision marks the second time within a year a federal judge has ordered corrections officials to boost heat precautions at Louisiana State Penitentiary.

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A Georgetown University scholar who was targeted for deportation by the Trump administration said he was terrified in immigration jail.

Authorities say they’ve captured three more of the 10 escapees who broke out of a New Orleans jail, leaving two more on the run. Louisiana State Police said Monday one of the men was arrested in Baton Rouge by local police and two others were arrested in Walker County Texas by officials there.

The Palestinian rights advocate spoke at length as part of a 10-hour hearing Thursday as the U.S. attempts to deport him. A ruling in his case was not made.

Days after 10 men escaped from the Orleans Parish jail, Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Wednesday, initiating a wide-ranging examination of the state’s criminal justice system.