An immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Immigration Judge Jamee Comans accused the pro-Palestinian activist of omitting information from his green card application.
She said the court found a “lack of candor on his I-485 form was not an oversight by an uninformed, uneducated applicant.”
“Rather, this Court finds that Respondent willfully misrepresented material fact(s) for the sole purpose of circumventing the immigration process and reducing the likelihood his applications could be denied. This Court cannot and will not condone such an action by granting a discretionary waiver,” Comans said.
Comans, based in Louisiana, denied Khalil’s motion for a waiver preventing his removal from the country.
Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil carries a Palestinian
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