Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil should be protected from deportation, which could put his life at risk, his attorneys argued Thursday.

An immigration judge in Louisiana on Thursday denied a request to terminate Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation proceedings after his attorneys argued that he was arrested illegally and without a warrant over two months ago.

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil is awaiting a vital court hearing that could affect his deportation case in Louisiana. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.