ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - An immigration judge in Louisiana has ordered Mahmoud Khalil , a former Columbia University graduate student, be deported to Algeria or Syria after finding he misrepresented details on his green card application, according to court documents obtained by NBC News .

Judge Jamee Comans, based in Jena, denied Khalil’s motion for a waiver last Friday, writing that his “lack of candor” on his I-485 form was intentional. The order follows her June 20 ruling denying Khalil’s asylum application.

Khalil’s attorneys said they have 30 days to appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz, who is handling Khalil’s habeas corpus petition in federal court, his attorneys said the judge’s order is the only barrier to his remov

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