US judge rules pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported | Courts News

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Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to deport Khalil over his participation in pro-Palestine university protests.

A United States immigration judge has ruled that the deportation case against Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, a month after the Columbia University graduate student was detained over his involvement in pro-Palestine protests.

Judge Jamee Comans made the determination on Friday at the end of a nearly two-hour hearing.

Comans said the government…