A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil , a former Columbia University student and pro-Palestine activist, to be deported to either Syria or Algeria . Judge Jamee Comans issued the decision on September 12 in Louisiana, citing Khalil's failure to disclose key information on his U.S. green card application. Khalil did not reveal his internship with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and his ties with Columbia University Apartheid Divest, an anti-Israel campus coalition.

The court documents, made public by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), highlight tha t Khalil's omissions were deliberate and constituted grounds for removal . Comans stated that Khalil "wilfully misrepresented material fact(s) for the sole purpose of circumventing the immigrat

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