FILE PHOTO: Mahmoud Khalil looks out the window of his apartment in New York City, U.S., July 2, 2025. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil looks on during a visit to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 22, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil looks on, as he speaks at a rally to welcome him home after being released from immigration custody, outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, U.S., June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/ File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. immigration judge ordered pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil be deported to Algeria or Syria over claims that he omitted information from his green card application, court documents showed on Wednesday.

Khalil's lawyers said they intend to appeal the deportation order while saying a federal district court's separate orders that prohibit the government from immediately deporting or detaining him as his federal court case proceeds remain in effect.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)