“The courts are being weaponized to persecute Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the U.S., for exercising his 1st Amendment rights,” added Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill. “Our taxpayers’ dollars are paying for the erosion of our civil and Constitutional rights. Tell us again how the Trump Administration is not an authoritarian regime.”

A U.S. immigration judge ordered pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil be deported to Algeria or Syria over claims that he omitted information from his green card application, court documents showed on Wednesday.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil should be deported to Algeria or Syria, an immigration judge has ruled, saying that he deliberately lied on his green card application. Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student who holds a green card -- and is not a U.

It is virtually impossible to obtain a green card without making some kind of misrepresentation during the application process.