ICE agents arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil -- a leader in Columbia University's encampment movement -- on Saturday night, said attorney Amy Greer.

Summary

ICE agents arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a leader in Columbia University’s encampment movement, claiming his student visa was revoked.

However, his attorney Amy Greer states he has a green card, not a student visa.

Despite filing a habeas corpus petition, Greer can’t locate where Khalil is being held, noting his eight-months-pregnant wife couldn’t find him at a New Jersey facility.

The arrest follows Trump’s March 4 social media threat to defund universities allowing “illegal protests” and deport “agitators.”

  • fakero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    135·
    11 months ago

    His wife is a US citizen and he has a green card by the way. This is how it starts, first they were deporting illegal immigrants with a criminal record, now its anyone pro-Palestine. How long until its anyone that voted Democrat?

      • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I have not confirmed, but a post on BlueSky suggested this was just a postured threat and not taking place. I suggested to one of the threatened families that he should immediately file a Tort lawsuit against the administration anyway, just to make clear even threats won’t be accepted.

        • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          Files tort lawsuit - wins - trump declares they used the deep state judge to illegally win, and deports him for breaking some made up law.

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    119·
    11 months ago

    This is not normal. He did not commit a crime. Everyone in these borders has first amendment rights specifically to prevent the government from just declaring some people non citizens and oppressing them.

    • Armand1@lemmy.world
      33·
      11 months ago

      Don’t you understand?! 1st amendment only applies to things that align with the Trump party agenda.

      That’s what makes America the most free country of all.

      • Edwardthefma99✡@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        he isn’t being deported for his views its the fact he was a willing participate in a riot and committed a hate crime you don’t get to break our laws and expect to be allowed to stay

        • ansiz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          49·
          11 months ago

          Lol, college students protesting on the college campus is not a riot, he’s not been officially charged with any crime either.

            • Soup@lemmy.world
              17·
              11 months ago
              1. Article is fairly old, though it is stated that Mahmoud is a leader of a sorts in the Columbia campus movement so we can guess he didn’t show up yesterday.
              2. These protests started peacefully ages ago and the current administration is outright banning them. What are they gunna do, just sit down and take it?
              3. Palestine is being aggressively ethnically cleansed right now and the US government is enabling it with a smile on its face. Context is important because fighting back against people who consider you vermin is not a fucking hate crime. Zionists can fuck right off.
            • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
              14·
              11 months ago

              The Apartheid Defense League is not credible and not factual. They only care about Anti-zionism not anti-semitism. The Zionist tag you got checks out

              • Edwardthefma99✡@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                11 months ago

                something needs to be done about the anti semitism on lemmy i get bombarded when ever i speak about my religion wich is jewish

                • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
                  5·
                  11 months ago

                  If you’re serious about combating anti-semitism, you need to recognize the difference between Anti-zionism and anti-semitism. Genuine anti-semitism is more rare on Lemmy than other platforms, I call it out whenever I see it. None of us should tolerate any kind of Bigotry. Zionism is about Settler Colonialism and Ethnic Cleansing of native Palestinians, it is not reflective of Judaism nor is it representative of Jewish people. Anti-zionism is not anti-semitism. The conflation of the two is genuinely antisemitic, as it falsely attributes the actions of Israel to all Jewish people.

                  Zionism is anti-Semitic at it’s core, it other-izes Jewish people, and justifies the violent settler colonialim of Israel as in the defense of all Jewish people, which only serves to further fuel genuine Antisemitism at the expense of Jewish people globally. Zionism is also an inherently fascist ideology. The ethnic cleansing of the native people of Palestine has always been fundamental since it’s inception as a colonialist movement.

                  Adi Callai, an Israeli, does a great analysis of how Antisemitism has been weaponized by Zionism during its history.

            • umean2me@discuss.onlineEnglish
              4·
              11 months ago

              This article doesn’t even mention his name. He was a leader on Columbia’s campus for pro-Palestine protests but all accounts show that he didn’t partake in or encourage any vandalism or barricading of buildings. Even your explicitly biased news source does not list enough evidence to convict this man of any crime worthy of revoking citizenship or trampling his free speech.

  • rational_lib@lemmy.world
    65·
    11 months ago

    Secretary of State Marc Rubio also shared an article about Khalil on Sunday night and posted on X, “We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”

    Everyone regardless of immigration status has free speech rights in the US. Rubio is bragging about pissing and shitting on the Constitution. They cannot use immigration to suppress free speech, obviously. This guy needs to released by the courts immediately or American free speech is a complete farce.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
    43·
    11 months ago

    Centrists suddenly dislike retaliation against anti-genocide protesters at Columbia.

  • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    29·
    11 months ago

    I’m a us citizen who has not been living in the US for years. I’m going back to visit my family this October and I’m honestly a bit scared.

    • infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
      20·
      11 months ago

      It really depends on where. Southern states and cities are seeing more “enforcement”. Some northern and more liberal states are fighting things. Outside of the cities I have not seen any ICE but I’m also not one of the targeted groups.

      If you really are worried carry your passport.

      • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        12·
        11 months ago

        I’m white, so totally not a targeted group. But it’s not just ice, it’s everything the US has become. Including the violence. Currently I live in a pretty peaceful place.

          • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I didn’t hear about the British person, but didn’t the German person have work scheduled in the US without authorization to work? I’m not saying she should be held indefinitely, but she was potentially breaking the law.

            • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
              9·
              11 months ago

              Nope. She was going to do a tattoo for her American friend, but crucially this was a personal favor and not work.

              • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                3·
                11 months ago

                Thanks for clarifying, I read that a while ago. I wonder if it was purposeful misinformation or just bad journalism.

            • fadingembersEnglish
              6·
              11 months ago

              Would you trust the excuses ICE provides to detain someone?

            • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              11 months ago

              Whoopsie, I caught you jaywalking across the street! AND you’re visiting the country! Time to mutilate your human rights!

        • infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
          13·
          11 months ago

          It’s unacceptably bad but at the same time not an issue. I realize that sounds crazy but unless you join a protest or live in or frequent a targeted community then you would think nothing changed.

          This is why we don’t have mass protests yet because it’s not actually breaking out of the media sphere for most of America.

          • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            4·
            11 months ago

            Thanks! I guess I’d be alright. I got a bit spooked recently, when my mom mentioned that there have been random shootings at the mall at the night. Not like mass shootings. But more like feuds between people.

        • PeteWheeler@lemmy.world
          4·
          11 months ago

          The internet really is not a good representation of the US when it comes to day to day life for ‘normal’ people.

          Other than office gossip, the effects of our shitty leadership hasn’t effected the lives of everyone. Its more of a storm off in the distance that casts a big shadow as it randomly electrocutes people here and there. But still far away that you can’t see it happen, but you can hear it happen.

    • segabased@lemmy.zip
      6·
      11 months ago

      I would get your family out of America. People downplaying this are willfully ignorant. Maga pretending it’s all hysterics are wrong, tankies pretending this is business as usual because “America bad” are wrong.

      All the groundwork is laid to mass imprison and deport dissidents, the definition of dissident is widening, we are witnessing a complete lack of checks and if your last hope is violence from the populace or the military to fix this then I think Americans need to trust their gut and recognize this place isn’t worth staying

      • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Too bad my dad voted for and loves Trump.

        But if things got really bad, my mom could relocate to where I am, my dad might consider it if things were really really bad.

  • HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eeBannedEnglish
    19·
    11 months ago

    Strictly speaking, everyone in the United States has the freedom of speech regardless of their being citizens or not.

    With that being said, green cards and the like can be rescinded for a variety of reasons, particularly national security.

    Add in the fact the Supreme Court has yet to firmly deny the right of Trump to do anything and the outright antisemitism at these protests, the picture of the future ain’t good for this guy.