Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria

An immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil be deported to Algeria or Syria, alleging he omitted information from his green card application, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student whose case has been at the center of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration and on vocal opponents of Israel's war in Gaza, was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in March and released in June.

Immigration Judge Jamee Comans, based out of Jena, Louisiana, on Friday denied Khalil's motion for a waiver preventing his removal from the United States because of alleged misrepresentations made in an application for an adjustment of status.