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An immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria
NBC Newsยท2025-09-18 21:20

An immigration judge is ordering Colombia graduate student Mahmud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria. The judge says Khalil omitted information from his green card application. Khalil, you may remember, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March after his vocal opposition to Israel's war in Gaza. In a statement, Khalil said, quote, "It is no surprise the Trump administration continues to retaliate against me for my exercise of free speech. His attorneys have until mid-occtober to ap ...