Columbia anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, judge rules
Mahmoud Khalil faces deportation for his role in Columbia University campus protests against Israel
By Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Brooke Taylor Fox News
Published April 11, 2025 4:03pm EDT
An immigration judge has ruled that Mahmoud Khalil can be deported from the United States due to his involvement in leading last year’s pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.
Judge Jamee Comans in Louisiana ruled on Friday that Khalil, 30, can be deported, saying that the U.S. government met its burden of proof to remove him.
Khalil's team of attorneys have until April 23 to file relief applications.
On Tuesday, Comans ordered the federal government to provide evidence by Wednesday justifying its attempt to deport Khalil.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded on behalf of the government in a roughly one-and-a-half-page letter sent to the court on Wednesday. He cited a provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to justify Khalil's removal from the U.S.
The provision allows the Secretary of State to deport noncitizens if the secretary determines their presence in the U.S. "would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences."
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