Hyderabad, Sept. 18 -- Palestinian rights defender and former Columbia University graduate student, Mahmoud Khalil, has challenged a Louisiana immigration judge's September 12 decision to deport him to Syria or Algeria, citing his alleged failure to disclose specific details on his green card application.

Khalil, a Syrian-born Algerian citizen of Palestinian origin, had previously expressed fear that he could be targeted by Israel for his activism if deported to either country.

On Thursday, September 18, his advocates submitted a letter to US District Judge Michael Farbiarz, who is currently in charge of Khalil's civil rights case. The letter asserted that the immigration judge's decision was procedurally flawed, violated due process an...