Overview

• Immigration Judge Jamee Comans issued the Sept. 12 removal order in Louisiana, directing deportation to Algeria or Syria, according to filings disclosed Wednesday.
• The court found Khalil willfully omitted affiliations on his Form I-485, including an internship with UNRWA and ties to Columbia University Apartheid Divest, and denied a discretionary waiver.
• Khalil’s lawyers say they will appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals within the 30‑day window, describing the misrepresentation allegations as baseless and pretextual.
• A pending case before U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz in New Jersey continues to block removal while the court considers claims that detention and deportation efforts retaliate against protected speech.
• Farbiarz in June rejected the administration’s foreign‑policy removal rationale and ordered Khalil released after more than three months in ICE custody.