Overview

• In a Sept. 12 decision, Immigration Judge Jamee Comans in Louisiana found Khalil "willfully misrepresented material fact(s)" on his I-485 and denied a discretionary waiver.
• The order names Algeria as the country of removal, with Syria designated in the alternative.
• Khalil’s attorneys told a federal court they will appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals within 30 days and contend the charges are baseless and procedurally flawed.
• Alleged omissions on his application include ties to UNRWA, the Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition, and disputed employment dates with the British Embassy in Beirut.
• The government previously pursued a rare foreign-policy removal theory that a federal judge blocked in June, when he also ordered Khalil’s release after more than three months in ICE detention.