Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for first time

NEW YORK (AP) — Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his 1-monthold son for the first time Thursday after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass barrier.

The visit came ahead of a scheduled immigration hearing for Khalil, a legal permanent resident and Columbia University graduate who has been de…