What do you think about this information regarding Mahmoud Khalil?

“I do not agree with everything you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

@janbb I think the question at hand is whether to let him be a permanent resident in the US and on a path to citizenship. Would you go to a country on a temporary visa and speak out against the government and expect that country to put you on a path to citizenship? He isn’t a citizen. Maybe you would expect it, I’m just asking.

I certainly don’t agree with jailing people for speaking their mind, but making them residents or citizens is a different question.

He already had a green card so he is a permanent resident. And that’s all I really have to say about this.

If we deport Khalil, we also have to deport Elon Musk.

^^ Is that a promise?

If he was let in with his known past, it seems like he should have constitutional protections if theres no crime.
Retroactively naming him a terrorist, not so sure that I approve.

I’d rather have him in my country than musk who is saying that Hitler did not kill the Jewish people.

Prior to his studies at Columbia, Khalil worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and held a senior position at the UK office for Syria in Lebanon, roles that required rigorous security clearance. He moved to the United States in 2022 to pursue his master’s degree.

The arrest occurred at Khalil’s university residence, not while protesting.

I would argue that targeting activists like Khalil sets a dangerous precedent for civil liberties and the right to protest.

Honestly, this is just more of the fascism that started during the Biden admin and has been made even more egregious under the Trump admin. This is the kind of thing we’d use as an excuse to sanction or invade a country. The US has explicitly rescinded the freedom of speech. And is engaged in literal dystopian novel shit.

The US is declaring that it should not exist. Over and over again.

Fuck Israel and the US. At this point, we can only hope that another country invades the US and wins. We’re fucking done.

Musk is a US citizen, so it would be a much higher bar to strip him of citizenship.

I don’t mind investigating Khalil, I just don’t understand why he is being held. If they have some sort of question to the validity or veracity of his green card application they could just have him appear in court.

The video shows him saying they were arming the resistance in Gaza before Israel went into Gaza following Oct 7th. That sounds like arming Hamas, so in US terms that is helping to arm a terrorist group if that was indeed the case.

Permanent Residents cannot break laws. It they commit a felony they can be stripped of their green card, that is the law, and the law makes sense. It is not a new law or a Trump law.

I’m not clear on if Khalil broke a law. Helping to supply arms doesn’t sound good to me. Speaking out on a campus is something else.

@hat Started with Biden? What is your Biden example that is similar to this?

Sorry I can’t watch the video at the moment, but there’s not much to say: he’s an activist.

They would find a reason to deport MLK in our current times, because activists know the truth and are brave enough to speak up, when others just want to survive without being targeted.

Laws don’t matter when activists speak out, the only important objective of a fascist/nazi/other evil person is getting rid of that charismatic, naturally born leader that actually has the capability to turn the people against you.

The worst thing about being born, is learning you’re in the middle of some sick and disgusting rat race with multiple political agendas.

This is why the birth rate is dropping everywhere, we’re bringing people here to suffer and be cannon fodder.

We need to stop birth until we can figure out what humanity is doing.