(The Hill) — An immigration judge's order for Mahmoud Khalil's deportation Wednesday is not the end of the former Columbia University activist's fight against the Trump administration.
The deportation order, which found Khalil failed to disclose relevant information on his green card application, cannot go into effect due to another case the pro-Palestinian demonstrator brought against the federal government for allegedly violating his constitutional rights, and in which a district judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot currently deport him.
And Khalil is all but certain to appeal immigration Judge Jamee Comans's deportation decision.
The district judge ruled Khalil "not be deported pending further order from the court in that case. So we're heartened that that order remains in