BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules
The judge said the Trump administration’s evidence – a two-page letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio – is sufficient to deport Khalil under an obscure legal provision.
JENA, Louisiana – An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled on Friday that Palestinian student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil can be deported on the basis of a letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that says he has personally determined Khalil poses “adverse foreign policy consequences” to the US.
Khalil, clean-cut but pale, with ACLU attorney Nora Ahmed at his side, listened as Judge Jamee Comans said the Trump administration’s evidence – which primarily relied on a two-page letter from Rubio – was sufficient to deport him under a rarely used legal provision in immigration law.
Khalil has not been charged with a crime. Instead, the Trump administration alleged that his presence poses adverse “foreign policy consequences.”
on the basis of a letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that says he has personally determined Khalil poses “adverse foreign policy consequences” to the US
What!? Thats the only basis? I mean thats a complete joke of a reason.
I was just reading a comment on Mastodon that immigration judges are not actual judges but are employed by the Administration. Which means they can't even rule on the constitutionality of the information provided -- so they're really nothing but puppets to make the process appear to be legal.
So the next question is... can the ruling be appealed before a real judge?