Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, stating that he “didn’t have a right to be in the United States.” During a stop at Shannon Airport in Ireland en route to the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Canada,

The rarely used law allows Secretary of State Marco Rubio to declare immigrants deportable—but still entitles Khalil to due process.

The Trump administration has sought to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, though he is a legal permanent resident and has not been charged with a crime.

The decision offers a venue compromise in the bellwether case, while Khalil's legal team seeks to release him from detention and block his deportation.

A federal judge in New York moved the case because the Palestinian graduate student was detained there when his lawyer sought his release.