Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria

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Davy Crockett

Jan 22, 2026

Mess around, find out.

Yes, the anti-Israel activist and Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil is about to be deported. The Trump administration has accused Khalil of committing fraud on his green card application.

According to NYP, they also said this:

'It looks like he'll go to Algeria. That's what the thought is right now,' Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin told NewsNation's 'Katie Pavlich Tonight' Wednesday.

'It's a reminder for those who are in this country on a visa or on a green card. You are a guest in this country — act like it,' she added.

You might remember Mahmoud:

His near-future deportation comes after a judge ordered him last year to be sent home.

Early last year, Khalil was "rounded up during the government's crackdown on anti-Israel campus protests"(that's NYP).

Khalil, who the government claims is a Hamas supporter, spent three months in a Louisiana immigration jail — missing the birth of his first child.

The feds justified his arrest under a rarely used statute that allows for noncitizens to be kicked out if their beliefs are deemed to pose a threat to US foreign policy interests.

And now he'll be deported!


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