The court will back the Trump administration’s deportation order for Columbia student protester Mahmoud Khalil despite freedom of speech claims because it is a bridge too far to support a terrorist organization, former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told Newsmax on Wednesday.

Although the law states that green card holders can be deported if they commit a crime, proclaim backing for terrorist groups, or if the U.S. government declares their presence in the country to be adverse to American foreign policy or national security interests, a judge has blocked Khalil’s deportation order until he makes his case in court.

The judge on Wednesday is scheduled to hold a hearing over Khalil’s challenge to his arrest by immigration authorities. He came to the United States on a student visa three years ago and became a permanent resident in 2024.

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