Topline
A judge ruled Friday that Columbia University graduate student and legal U.S. resident Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, according to multiple outlets, issuing the ruling a little over a month after Khalil was arrested for his involvement in a pro-Palestinian protest on campus last year.
Khalil was arrested by immigration authorities last month. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty … More
Key Facts
Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jamee Comans said the Trump administration can move forward with its deportation case against Khalil, giving Khalil’s attorneys until April 23 to appeal the ruling, NPR reported.
Comans made the ruling in Louisiana, at a detention center where Khalil has been held since he was detained.
Comans will order Khalil deported to Syria, his birthplace, or Algeria, where he has citizenship if Khalil’s attorneys do not file an appeal by the deadline.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
