The Trump administration filed new allegations against Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate student detained due to his radical pro-Hamas activism on campus.
He allegedly failed to reveal information on his Green Card application form.
In a filing Sunday, the Justice Department said Khalil, who is a green card holder, withheld information about his membership in certain organizations and failed to disclose his employment at the Syria Office in the British Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, in his permanent residency application.
Khalil, a native of Syria and citizen of Algeria, entered the U.S. on a student visa in December 2022 and was adjusted to lawful permanent resident status in November 2024.
He allegedly did not disclose that he was a member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) as a political officer or that he was part of Columbia University Apartheid Divest when he applied to become a permanent resident in 2024, according to a Department of Homeland Security March 17 document, which the government referenced in its filing.
UNWRA is notorious for its ties to Hamas. The divest group is an anti-Israel group seeking to bankrupt the nation. It doesn’t even matter. He didn’t reveal the information, and that’s enough to rule him out.
Much has been made of the fact that he has an eight-month-pregnant American wife. The US should pay her plane fare out of the US if necessary. She can go with him and live in one of those wonderful countries he’s tied to since she hates this one.
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“Goodbye to bad rubbish”…
You folks are out of control reporting on this guy. He is just another troublemaker.
What about the 2020 riots, in which there were thousands of agitators, starting fires, beating up people and so on??? Almost none of them were prosecuted. This guy is being deported which he deserves.
Did this guy start any fires, or beat up cops? No, but he offended Israel, so we need to dwell on him. Look at yourselves. Trump defunded the universities, what else do you want???
so let me understand, because the previous adminstration failed miserably in its responsability to enforce the law, you feel that there should be no consequence for individuals who clearly lied on thier paperwork to get in and remain in this country? FYI the temporary defuning was to bring the university into compliance with current law . He didnt offend isreal, had close ties to hammas, supports them and actively participated in anti semetic illegal actions on campus. You might try an unbiased look at the facts
Getting tired of activist judges who try to interfere in the work of the executive branch. Where in the constitution are non-citizens granted the rights of citizens?
If the wife wants to go with her husbnd, then pay for it, after she renounces her rights to citizenship so her child is not given citizenship.