JUST IN: Pro-Palestine Activist Mahmoud Khalil LOSES Appeal, Final Order of Removal Issued

After months of legal battles, pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil is getting closer to finally being deported!

Today, his bid to dismiss the case against him was denied before the Justice Department’s Board of Immigration Appeals.

Instead, they issued a final order of removal for his deportation.

Here are the details:

🚨 BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil has LOST his immigration lawsuit.

He’s now one step closer to deportation, where he belongs.

It should NOT take this long or this much effort to remove someone who doesn’t belong here.

Deport him already. Enough is enough! pic.twitter.com/KWHjkMabfF

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) April 10, 2026

🚨BREAKING: Pro-Palestine radical foreigner Mahmoud Khalil JUST LOST in the Board of Immigration Appeals and has been issued a FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL

Great! Now deport him ASAP 🔥

This is long overdue. He does NOT belong in America! pic.twitter.com/xfQOtFex31

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 10, 2026

Khalil, who was born in Syria, was one of the main organizers of the violent anti-Israel protests on campuses like Columbia University.

Last June, he was arrested and had his green card revoked.

Fox News reported further:

Khalil, a 31-year-old lawful permanent resident, has been at the center of a broader federal crackdown on noncitizens involved in anti-Israel campus protests tied to the war in Gaza. He was the first person whose arrest became publicly known as part of the crackdown.

His legal team blasted the decision as “baseless and politically motivated,” arguing the government is retaliating against his speech and lacks evidence to support the case.

“In all my decades as an immigration lawyer, I have never seen such a baseless and politically motivated decision,” Khalil’s lead attorney, Marc Van Der Hout, said in a statement issued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). “The BIA’s decision has absolutely no support in the record, violates a federal court order, and we’ll be fighting it until the end.”

The Trump administration has argued Khalil’s protest activity was “aligned with Hamas,” a claim cited by the Department of Homeland Security and other officials, though authorities have not publicly detailed specific evidence linking him to the terrorist group.

Khalil has also denied allegations of antisemitism. Officials have also cited a rare foreign policy provision of U.S. immigration law, sometimes referred to as a “Rubio determination,” as well as alleged issues tied to his green card application.

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This is big step in the right direction…

But, despite today’s ruling, Khalil isn’t getting deported just yet.

The Hill explained: