HOUSTON, Texas — A refugee who prosecutors say wanted to fight for the Islamic State is headed back to federal court on Wednesday. He is anticipated to change his plea to guilty at his rearraignment hearing.

In January, Breitbart Texas reported that the Iraqi refugee was accused of providing material support to the Islamic State and the Levant (ISIL), an organization that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization. Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan appeared before a federal judge in Houston to hear the formal charges against him. He was accused of providing material support to a terrorist group and of lying about his ties to terrorist organizations on his application to become a naturalized U.S. citizen. He was also accused of lying about having weapons training.

Al Hardan is a Palestinian born in Iraq who entered the U.S. as a refugee in 2009. He was granted permanent residence status on or about August 22, 2011 and lived in Houston at the time of his arrest.