Judge greenlights deportation case against Mahmoud Khalil
Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani joins ‘Fox & Pals Weekend’ to interrupt down the authorized ruling permitting deportation proceedings in opposition to Mahmoud Khalil to maneuver ahead and shares an replace on the Menendez brothers’ case.
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A federal immigration choose has ordered Mahmoud Khalil deported to both Algeria or Syria after ruling he hid info on his U.S. inexperienced card utility.
Choose Jamee Comans issued the Sept. 12 choice in Louisiana and stated that Khalil didn’t disclose his internship with the United Nations Aid and Works Company (UNRWA) and ties with Columbia College Apartheid Divest, an anti-Israel campus coalition.
Courtroom filings unsealed Wednesday and printed by the American Civil Liberties Union additionally present Coman cited the activism ties as central to her ruling.
NEWLY RELEASED MAHMOUD KHALIL SPOTTED BACK AT ANTI-ISRAEL PROTEST AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Former Columbia Univrsity pupil Mahmoud Khalil speaks to the press as he arrives at Newark airport in Newark, New Jersey, on June 21, 2025. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
She denied Khalil’s movement for aid, writing that the omissions have been deliberate and constituted grounds for removing.
Federal authorities argue that Khalil’s misrepresentations concerned politically delicate affiliations, elevating each nationwide safety and overseas coverage issues.
Khalil, a authorized everlasting resident, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on March 8 at his Manhattan residence.
He spent greater than three months in detention in Louisiana earlier than being launched in June, when U.S. District Choose Michael Farbiarz dominated he was neither a flight danger nor a hazard to the general public.
Columbia College pupil Mahmoud Khalil talks to the press in the course of the press briefing organized by Professional-Palestinian protesters who arrange a brand new encampment at Columbia College’s Morningside Heights campus on Friday night, in New York Metropolis, United States on June 01, 2024. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu by way of Getty Photos)
Farbiarz additionally briefly blocked Khalil’s removal whereas reviewing his declare that the federal government’s actions amounted to retaliation for protected political speech.
Khalil’s authorized staff confirmed Wednesday that they plan to enchantment the choice to the Board of Immigration Appeals. They framed the case as a broader civil rights battle.
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“It’s no shock that the Trump administration continues to retaliate in opposition to me for my train of free speech,” Khalil stated in an announcement. “Their newest try, by means of a kangaroo immigration courtroom, exposes their true colours as soon as once more.”
Fox Information Digital has reached out to the Division of Homeland Safety for remark.
