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Mahmoud Khalil Takes Deportation Case to US Supreme Court
(MENAFN) Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will take his legal battle to the US Supreme Court in an effort to block deportation proceedings against him, his legal team announced on Friday, according to reports.
The move follows a 6–5 ruling by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals earlier in the day, which declined to rehear a decision that could allow deportation proceedings against Khalil to move forward.
“Today’s decision is not the final word, and we still strongly believe in our arguments going forward,” Brett Max Kaufman, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said in a statement.
He added that courts must intervene when immigration powers are allegedly used to penalize constitutionally protected speech.
"Federal courts must have the power to step in when the government exploits our country’s immigration system to punish people for their constitutionally protected speech. If the Trump administration can target, arrest, detain, and deport Mahmoud for his speech, they can do it to anyone expressing an opinion they disagree with," he said.
Khalil’s lawyers had also recently filed a separate appeal challenging a removal order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals, requesting that the entire case be dismissed. That filing was submitted to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that procedural errors were made, including claims that relevant evidence was not properly considered.
The move follows a 6–5 ruling by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals earlier in the day, which declined to rehear a decision that could allow deportation proceedings against Khalil to move forward.
“Today’s decision is not the final word, and we still strongly believe in our arguments going forward,” Brett Max Kaufman, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said in a statement.
He added that courts must intervene when immigration powers are allegedly used to penalize constitutionally protected speech.
"Federal courts must have the power to step in when the government exploits our country’s immigration system to punish people for their constitutionally protected speech. If the Trump administration can target, arrest, detain, and deport Mahmoud for his speech, they can do it to anyone expressing an opinion they disagree with," he said.
Khalil’s lawyers had also recently filed a separate appeal challenging a removal order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals, requesting that the entire case be dismissed. That filing was submitted to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that procedural errors were made, including claims that relevant evidence was not properly considered.
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