Detained Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil must be allowed to meet with his wife, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

The order by U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark, New Jersey, comes after Khalil’s wife, Noor Abdalla, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied her request to meet with Khalil at the detention facility in Jena, Louisiana, where he has been held for more than two months.

Abdalla, a dentist who gave birth to the couple’s first child last month, said in a statement she wanted Khalil to be able to hold his newborn son for the first time.