Immigration Board OKs Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil

The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia-educated pro-Palestinian activist and lawful permanent resident, is removable and issued a final removal order that could send him to Syria or Algeria; Khalil cannot be removed while his habeas corpus case is in the Third Circuit, and his team plans to appeal to the Fifth Circuit. The ACLU says the decision targets his First Amendment speech and cites ongoing political retaliation concerns, highlighting tensions between immigration enforcement and constitutional rights.