Friday, April 4, 2025

Creating liberating content

More than 250 passengers on a London-Mumbai Virgin Atlantic flight,

Market attention will now concentrate on the RBI’s monetary policy

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime

Related News

More than 250 passengers on a London-Mumbai Virgin Atlantic flight, many of them Indians, are stuck in Turkey’s Diyarbakir airport for over 39 hours now. An airline spokesperson has said

Market attention will now concentrate on the RBI’s monetary policy scheduled for April 9. (AI image) Stock market today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in

Akash Deep (Photo Source: X) LUCKNOW: Pacer Akash Deep has declared himself “100% fit and ready to play” after having recovered from the back injury that plagued him in Australia

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in both the houses of Parliament,

Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma (AP/Getty Images) LUCKNOW: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper Rishabh Pant and Mumbai Indians (MI) star Rohit Sharma will be under the scanner due to poor

Travis Head departed for a duck against KKR© BCCI/Sportzpics The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) suffered their third consecutive defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season, going down by

Trending News

Market attention will now concentrate on the RBI’s monetary policy scheduled for April 9. (AI image) Stock market today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in

MUMBAI: Investors on Dalal Street largely discounted the US’s new tariff plans on Thursday with the sensex, after opening about 800 points lower, closed 322 points or 0.4% down. On

BENGALURU: US President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement sent tech stocks into a frenzy on Thursday. Stocks of Indian IT firms fell between 3% and 10% amid projections of sluggish growth

NEW DELHI: Sebi on Thursday exempted govt from making an open offer to the shareholders of Vodafone Idea (VIL), following its proposed acquisition of just over 34% stake in VIL

NEW DELHI: The Trump administration’s decision to exempt tariffs on pharma imports from India calmed industry nerves, delivering relief to a sector tied to India’s $9 billion-plus US export market.

NEW DELHI: The government will sell up to 4.83 per cent stake in Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders at a floor price of Rs 2,525 per share. “Offer for Sale in Mazagon

Trump administration accuses Mahmoud Khalil of hiding key information on his green card application

Word Count: 773 | Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes


Trump administration accuses Mahmoud Khalil of hiding key information on his green card application
Mahmoud Khalil (Image Credit: AP)

The Trump administration has found a new ground to seek the deportation of a Syrian-born immigrant with a green card Mahmoud Khalil, who was arrested by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over his pro-Palestinian protest.
The administration alleges Mahmoud Khalil provided inaccurate information on his green card application, rendering him ineligible for US residency.
Court documents reveal that the administration claims Khalil omitted details about his extended employment at the British Embassy’s Syria Office in Beirut beyond 2022, and his role as a “political affairs officer” at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from June to November 2023, ABC news reported.
The filing states, “Khalil is now charged as inadmissible at the time of his adjustment of status because he sought to procure an immigration benefit by fraud of willful misrepresentation of a material fact.”
The administration further contended that Khalil failed to disclose his membership in the Columbia University Apartheid Divest organisation.
Khalil was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at his Columbia-owned apartment and later moved to a detention facility in Louisiana, where he now faces deportation.

Mahmoud Khalil: In His Own Words

The filing asserts, “Khalil’s First Amendment allegations are a red herring, and there is an independent basis to justify removal sufficient to foreclose Khalil’s constitutional claim.”
In response, Khalil’s attorney Marc Van Der Hout told ABC News, “The additional charges the government filed last week are completely meritless. They show that the government has no case whatsoever on this bogus charge that his presence in the U.S. would have adverse foreign policy consequences. This case is purely about First Amendment protected activity and speech, and U.S. citizens and permanent residents alike are free to say what they wish about what is going on in the world.”
Since 2023, Trump has repeatedly vowed to revoke visas of international students who participate in pro-Palestinian protests and criticize Israel’s war efforts.

‘Lot of things have changed with the election of Donald Trump’

During Monday’s State Department briefing, spokesperson Tammy Bruce avoided directly addressing whether UNRWA employment history would disqualify visa applicants, instead stating, “If you lie in your efforts to come to the United States to get a visa for any reason, or for a green card, maybe there haven’t been repercussions, or we haven’t done things properly in the past. A lot of things have changed with the election of Donald Trump.”
Following his initial arrest, Khalil was moved from his student accommodation to 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, then to Elizabeth, New Jersey’s immigration facility, before transfer to a Louisiana Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centre, according to his legal representatives.





Source link

Most Popular Articles