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Judge Rules Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Should Be Deported

A federal judge has overturned a state judge’s ruling that the deportation of a prominent organizer of the Columbia University protests is unlawful.
Judge Rules Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Should Be Deported
Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil speaks at a rally to welcome him home after his release from immigration custody, outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City on June 22, 2025. Reuters/Caitlin Ochs/ File Photo
Rachel Roberts
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A U.S. judge has ordered that pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil be deported after finding that he omitted information from his green card application, court documents revealed on Sept. 17.
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.
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