An immigration judge in Louisiana has ruled that Mahmoud Khalil must be deported to Algeria or Syria, according to court documents filed Wednesday, citing omissions on his green-card application. His lawyers plan to appeal the deportation order and have said in the court filings that their client cannot be forced to leave the country while his case is also before a federal judge.

“It is no surprise that the Trump administration continues to retaliate against me for my exercise of free speech,” Khalil said in a statement to the American Civil Liberties Union. “Their latest attempt, through a kangaroo immigration court, exposes their true colors once again.”

Khalil, a Columbia graduate student, took a lead role in pro-Palestine protests on campus last spring. He was arrested by ICE offic

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