Louisiana immigration judge ordered the federal government on Tuesday to provide evidence on Wednesday to justify her attempt to deport a student of the University of Colombia.
In a hearing, Judge Jamie gave the federal government a 24 hours to hand over its evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, the permanent resident of the United States and a prominent activist in the Palestinians.
Van der said: “The government has not provided one group of evidence so far to support any of its allegations or concern it in this case, including its obscene position, that the mere presence of Mahmoud and activities in this country may have serious consequences in foreign policy,” Van der said.
The Ministry of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Khalil, 30, who holds a green card that gives him permanent residence in the United States, was arrested outside his university -owned apartment in New York City in March and moved to a detention center in Louisiana.
The Trump administration cited a rarely used judgment in the Immigration Law, which allows the Foreign Minister to deport someone if the person “will have serious consequences in foreign policy on the United States.”
The government also claimed that Khalil has blocked information about his membership in some organizations and failed to reveal his work at the Syrian Office at the British Embassy in Beirut in his permanent residence request.
Ajelil’s lawyer said that the government’s allegations “show primarily that the government should know the reasons for the supposed” foreign policy “to remove Mahmoud ridiculous and unconstitutional.”
The Ministry of Internal Security said that Khalil “led activities aligned to Hamas, a dedicated terrorist organization”, but Khalil’s lawyer said that there is no evidence that he provided any kind of support to a terrorist organization.
The White House press secretary Caroline Levit claimed that “mass protests that did not disrupt the classroom classes and asked Jewish American students and made them feel insecure on their university campus” and “distributing pro -enthusiasm for enthusiasm, on the Hamas slogan.”
Khalil is not known publicly known to confront any criminal charges.
A listening session is scheduled for Friday, when it was decided whether Khalil can be removed from the United States or an order to release him. If it is considered a deportation, the Khalil legal team can apply for relief from removal.
“There is no real opportunity for Mahmoud and his lawyers to abandon this unfounded charge.”
“If it turns out that this is what is happening on Friday, this will be an improper impulsion to the ruling that would completely deprive Mahmoud of any legal procedures, which is the basis for our legal system,” said Van der Hot.
Khalil and his wife, an American citizen, are waiting for the birth of their first child this month. Earlier on Tuesday, his wife, Nour Abdel, wrote a letter.
I wrote: “I miss you more and more every day, and with the days approaching the arrival of our child, I am inhabited by the uncertainty that is waving on the horizon – the possibility of not being at this huge moment.”