Judge Rules Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Should be Deported

A U.S. judge has ordered that pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil be deported after finding he omitted information from his green card application, court documents revealed on Wednesday. Khalil’s lawyers said they intend to appeal the deportation order and argue that a federal district court’s orders effectively prohibit the government from immediately deporting or detaining him as the federal case proceeds. Immigration Judge Jamee Comans ruled that Khalil “willfully misrepresented material fact(s) for the sole purpose of circumventing the immigration process and reducing the likelihood his application would be denied.” He ordered that the 30-year-old be deported to either Syria, where he was born in a Palestinian refugee camp, or to neighboring Algeria, where he also holds citizenship....