Mahmoud Khalil's wife releases statement on judge's ruling that her husband can be deported

Nour Abdalla, Mahmoud Khalil’s wife, released a statement on an immigration judge's ruling on Friday that her husband can be deported. She said, “Today’s decision feels like a devastating blow to our family. No person should be deemed ‘removable’ from their home for speaking out against the killing of Palestinian families, doctors and journalists.

"Today, in court, the government reiterated the same baseless, racist claims about my husband that we have heard time and again in attempts to smear those calling for an end to Israel’s brutal genocide in Gaza. My husband is a political prisoner who is being deprived of his rights because he believes Palestinians deserve equal dignity and freedom. There is nothing the government can say about my husband that can silence this truth.

"This ruling is an indictment of our country’s immigration system and does not reflect truth, justice of the will of the American people. In less than a month, Mahmoud and I will welcome our first child. Until we are reunited, I will not stop advocating for my husband’s safe return home.”