Who is Mahmoud Khalil?

Published August 8, 2025 4:30am ET



Should Mahmoud Khalil be deported? Khalil, 30, was one of the lead organizers of Columbia University’s vile demonstrations supporting the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacres, rapes, and kidnappings. In March, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Khalil in Manhattan.

The government alleges that Khalil breached the Immigration and Nationality Act of 19452 by supplying false information on his 2024 green card and is seeking to deport him on the grounds that his remaining in the United States could have “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences.”

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