Anti-Israeli activist Mahmoud Khalil trashed the Trump administration's case against him in a Washington Post column this week. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images | Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
However, various conservative legal experts disagree with the judge.
"A judge just handed Hamas a win on American soil. Mahmoud Khalil lied his way into our country, concealed ties to a foreign regime, and then led a pro-Hamas takeover at Columbia University. Now, a judicial activist wants to block his deportation? That’s not justice — it's national suicide. President Trump has both the constitutional authority and the moral obligation to remove threats like Khalil," Republican attorney Mehek Cooke told Fox News Digital in a statement.
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"The Supreme Court has made this power crystal clear. In Kleindienst v. Mandel (1972), the Court upheld the executive’s broad discretion in immigration matters. That authority was reaffirmed in Trump v. Hawaii (2018), where the Court ruled that the President has sweeping power to exclude noncitizens deemed detrimental to U.S. interests," she continued.
People gather for a protest in support of Mahmoud Khalil in front of a federal courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, on March 28. (Stephanie Keith for Fox News Digital)
The White House also condemned the ruling, continuing its frequent clashes with federal judges over immigration policy.
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"Mahmoud Khalil was given the privilege of coming to America to study, but he squandered that opportunity by siding with Hamas terrorists and organizing protests that disrupted college classes and harassed Jewish-American students. Secretary of State Rubio has the right to revoke green cards or visas for any individuals who are adversarial to United States foreign policy and national security interests," Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, said in a statement.
Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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