“ Khalil is not a citizen, and as such his permanent residency is based upon continuously meeting the government's definition of possessing "good moral character"

https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1j9ata1/comme...

Another

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/us-jud...

“ That form asks: “Have you ever, or do you intend, to provide financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations?” As the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle reminds, less than a year after arriving at Columbia on a student visa, Khalil was leading American undergraduates in actions in support of Hamas after the October 7 massacres. Khalil was involved in illegal occupations of buildings, served as the negotiator on behalf of the occupying students with the university, pressuring the administration to accommodate student demands based on their illegal activity, and helped organize an illegal encampment on the campus that denied access to “Zionist” students. ”

It sounds plausible that Mahdawi is the second person on Khalil's case memo [1]. If that's the case, the claim is that "alien whose presence or activities in the United States the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to believe would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States" is deportable.

[1] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25894225-dhs-documen...