A Louisiana judge has given Secretary State Marco Rubio the go ahead to deport Columbia University student and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil. Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jamee Comans said she had no authority to question Rubio after he deemed Khalil’s involvement in last year’s protests—though lawful—antisemitic and a threat to U.

Khalil, a Columbia graduate student who helped lead protests against the war in Gaza last year, was arrested by immigration authorities on March 8.

The AP reported this week that the government had argued that the federal government argued in a memo this week that Khalil could be deported for his beliefs. The post JUST IN: Judge Orders Detained Columbia Student Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported first appeared on Mediaite.