The Trump administration says this law allows it to take away green cards. What to know.
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Trump administration is seeking to deport Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student arrested last week after his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, under a seldom-used provision of immigration law. Khalil, a 30-year-old lawful permanent resident, is awaiting his fate in a federal Louisiana immigration detention facility after being arrested in New York on Saturday.
Free-speech advocates and Khalil’s attorneys have lambasted the arrest as retaliation for protected speech. Khalil hasn’t been charged with a crime. The Department of Homeland Security said that Immigration Customs Enforcement agents arrested Khalil in compliance with President Trump’s executive orders targeting antisemitism on college campuses.
Here’s what to know about what could happen next. The government can attempt to strip a person of their permanent resident status in certain cases, such as where they’ve committed a serious crime or if they’ve obtained their green card through fraud. An immigration judge makes the final decision about whether a person’s green card can be revoked.
Immigrants have the right to fight the government’s case. Khalil obtained his green card, or his status as a lawful permanent resident, by marrying a U.S. citizen.
The government is claiming it has the right to take away Khalil’s green card and deport him under Section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The law specifies that a person can be removed from the country if the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to believe that person’s presence or activities “would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences" for the U.S. Non-citizens don’t need to be charged with a crime to be deported
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