Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil arrived in Newark, New Jersey, Saturday afternoon, a day after he was released from the Louisiana ICE detention center where he has spent more than three months after he was arrested outside his apartment on Columbia University’s campus.

A Palestinian activist who participated in protests against Israel has been freed from federal immigration detention after 104 days.

Mahmoud Khalil arrived in the New York area on Saturday, following his release from custody more than three months after the former Columbia student was first detained by immigration officials. Khalil was released from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Jena,