Anti-Israel Activist Mahmoud Khalil Claims His Imminent Deportation is Equivalent to ‘Suicide’

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Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate student at the center of last year’s anti-Israel campus protests, told an immigration judge Thursday that his deportation would amount to “suicide.”

Khalil, who was arrested in March, is currently detained at an ICE facility in Jena, Louisiana.

The Trump administration is seeking to deport Khalil under an obscure national security provision, arguing his activities present “serious adverse...