Mahmoud Khalil Verdict: Judge rules Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

Mahmoud Khalil can be deported out of US, a judge ruled.

An immigration judge in Louisiana on Friday ruled that Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported out of the country as a national security risk. Khalil’s case was one of the first and major immigration crackdown cases of the Donald Trump administration and all eyes were on today’s judgement.
The government’s contention that Khalil’s presence in the United States posed “potentially serious foreign policy consequences” was enough to satisfy requirements for his deportation, Immigration Judge Jamee E. Comans said at the conclusion of a hearing. Comans said the government had “established by clear and convincing evidence that he is removable.”
Lawyers for Khalil said they plan to keep fighting and will seek a waiver. And a federal judge in New Jersey has temporarily barred Khalil’s deportation.