Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria

Judge: Columbia pro-Palestinian activist can be deported to Algeria or Syria

Former Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported to either Algeria or Syria, a federal judge ruled recently. Khalil, who graduated from the university last year and has been heavily involved in pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel activism, has 30 days to appeal the ruling from immigration judge Jamee Comans. Khalil “willfully misrepresented material fact(s)”… Source

Columbias pro-Hamas protest organizer to be deported judge rules

An immigration judge ordered Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation to Syria or Algeria, agreeing with the Trump administration that the Columbia graduate’s failure to include pertinent information on his green card application is grounds for revocation. The post Columbias pro-Hamas protest organizer to be deported judge rules appeared first on Jerusalem World News.

Mahmoud Khalil says safe from deportation until November

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student and prominent leader of nationwide US campus protests, said he was temporarily safe from deportation to Algeria or Syria until November as he awaits a federal court decision in New Jersey. Khalil told an audience at the Busboys and Poets bookstore in Washington on Thursday evening that a recent immigration judge's ruling ordering his removal had been issued "without a hear…

Mahmoud Khalil faces a deportation order, but his legal team hasn’t given up

An immigration judge’s order for Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation Wednesday is not the end of the former Columbia University activist’s fight against the Trump administration.   The deportation order, which found Khalil failed to disclose relevant information on his green card application, cannot go into effect due to another case the pro-Palestinian demonstrator brought against the…

Khalil deportation shows those who lie to enter U.S. will face justice, WH spox tells i24NEWS

"As we've always maintained, the Executive Branch has the lawful authority to take actions to protect the public and to ensure the integrity of our immigration system.'

Mahmoud Khalil intends to challenge a denial of his waiver of removability after US federal court ruling

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil informed a New Jersey court Wednesday that he will challenge a September 12 denial of his waiver of removability to Syria or Algeria. In a letter to the US District Court for the District of New Jersey, Khalil’s legal team alleged that he was denied a waiver of removability without an evidentiary hearing, which is a standard part of removability determinations. Khalil’s legal team noted that the immigration di…