Overview
- Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin said Mahmoud Khalil will likely be sent to Algeria and urged him to self-deport.
- A 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel last week reversed a district judge’s order that had freed Khalil from ICE custody.
- Khalil, a Syrian-born green card holder and former Columbia graduate student, was arrested by ICE in March 2025 and spent months in a Louisiana detention facility.
- The administration alleges he supported Hamas and committed fraud on his green card application, allegations he rejects as retaliation for his advocacy.
- Authorities have not announced when they might re-detain Khalil to carry out removal following the appellate decision.