An immigration judge in Louisiana has ordered Palestinian Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria based on the Trump administration’s claims that he failed to disclose information on his green card application, according to court documents in his New Jersey federal court case.

Khalil intends to fight the Sept. 12 ruling by Immigration Judge Jamee Comans, his attorneys told Federal Judge Michael Farbiarz in a Wednesday filing, which revealed the development.

Still, they said they had “ample reason” to expect the process would be swift, “given statements targeting [Khalil] by name for retaliation and deportation made by the President and several senior U.S. government officials.”

The New Jersey judge, Farbiarz, has prohibited immigration officials from remo

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