Much more of this is needed. Why must the United States play generous host to those who hate it and its allies?
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil, a student at Columbia, has reportedly been detained by DHS and had his green card revoked.
He was a lead negotiator in the 2024 encampment at Columbia and is seen here participating in last week’s sit-in at Barnard:pic.twitter.com/KH1sSahbpc
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) March 9, 2025
“US immigration agents arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University in Trump crackdown,” by Jonathan Allen, Reuters, March 10, 2025:
NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) – U.S. immigration agents arrested a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York’s Columbia University as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on some anti-Israel activists.
Mahmoud Khalil, a student at the university’s School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents at his university residence on Saturday evening, the Student Workers of Columbia labor union said in a statement.
His wife is a U.S. citizen, eight months pregnant, according to news reports, and he holds a U.S. permanent residency green card, the union said. His arrest was condemned by civil rights groups as an attack on protected political speech.
In an interview with Reuters hours before his arrest on Saturday about Trump’s criticism of student protesters, Khalil said he was concerned that he was being targeted by the government for speaking to the media….
Billy says
This is Typical Muslim hatred and discrimination against Non-Muslims including Jews and Christians(Quran 5:51; 9:5,29 and more).
Islam is a Terrorist-Criminal Enterprise. Islamophobia, a supposedly exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of Islam, is a MUSLIM, IDEOLOGICAL SUBVERSION TOOL OF DECEIT (1) to help combat and silence criticism of Islam, (2) to help expand Islam’s Acceptance, and (3) to help conceal Islam’s funding, teaching, and promotion of Muslim Terrorist Organizations(MTO), terrorism, discrimination, and violence against Non-Muslims. Once freedom of speech and expression is extinguished by the NON-MUSLIM STATE, opposition to Islam is not possible. In Islamic Law and in the Quran, Islam’s Community Obligation(Legal Standard) – “Command the Right and Forbid the Wrong” – from Quran 3:104 and from Muslim Law Manual: “Reliance of the Traveler… q1.0 and more”, teaches Muslims to subjugate Non-Muslims via Muslim wars and to control the Non-Muslims via Islamic Law, Sharia. (eg. Jihad).
somehistory says
In the photo I saw with this story last evening, he looks very much like every other mozlum terrorist.
It’s good that his green card has been revoked. His child will be better off without him around. He’s “palestinian” so he can decide to which country he’d rather be sent….but he may not be given a choice. Gaza is going to be emptied of his kind.
mgoldberg says
Elder of Ziyon posted his takedown this morning: March 10, 2025
Elder of Ziyon
The legal case to deport Mahmoud Khalil of “Columbia University Apartheid Divest” is airtight
When you read the relevant US codes, the case to deport Mahmoud Khalil is unassailable.
U.S. immigration agents arrested Khalil, Palestinian graduate student who acted as a leader of the Columbia University group that led pro-Hamas protests.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that Khalil was apprehended “in support of President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism,” alleging his involvement in “activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization.”
What are the legal grounds for the arrest?
Khalil a US permanent resident with a green card.
According to 8 U.S. Code § 1227 – Deportable aliens, “Any alien who is described in subparagraph (B) or (F) of section 1182(a)(3) of this title is deportable.”
The relevant part of those subparagraphs say:
(B)Terrorist activities
(i)In general
Any alien who—
(IV)is a representative (as defined in clause (v)) of—
(bb)a political, social, or other group that endorses or espouses terrorist activity;
There is no question that Khalil is a representative of Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD.) He represented CUAD in negotiations with Columbia a number of times; he was interviewed on TV numerous times as its lead negotiator, he is described as one of CUAD’s leaders.
There is also no question that CUAD endorses and espouses terrorist activity. For example, on the one year anniversary of October 7, it handed out newspapers on campus called “The New York War Crimes” that included this full page “ad:”
Besides that, CUAD chants include explicit support for Hamas (“Yes, we’re all Hamas, pig!” and “Al-Qassam, you make us proud, kill another soldier now.”) Yet even without explicit support for Hamas, CUAD has praised “resistance’ over and over again, and that “resistance” is terrorism. One example is that they praised the October 1 shooting attack in Tel Aviv that murdered seven civilians, saying “On October 1, in a significant act of resistance, a shooting took place in Tel Aviv, targeting Israeli security forces and settlers. This bold attack comes amid the ongoing escalation of violence in the region and highlights the growing resolve of those resisting Israeli occupation.”
Apologists for Palestinian terror are pretending that this is a free speech issue. The New York Civil Liberties Union condemned his detainment: “The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil – a green card holder studying in this country legally – is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights.”
The First Amendment is irrelevant to this case.
In the context of the legal codes I referenced, CUAD may or may not have the right to praise terrorism as free speech, but the fact that they do praise terrorism and terrorist acts, and Khalil’s position as their representative, are the only issues that are relevant. In other words, the very First Amendment that might allow CUAD to publicly praise Hamas terror is what proves Khalil violated the law.
Even if Khalil claims that he is personally against the pro-terrorism stance of CUAD and only acted as their liaison, even if he claims that he never uttered a word of support for terror, he is CUAD’s representative by the legal definition and CUAD unambiguously endorses or espouses terrorist activity, making him subject to deportation. Free speech is a red herring.
Under US law, Mahmoud Khalil should be deported.
gravenimage says
+1
gravenimage says
‘Palestinian’ Muslim migrant who led pro-Hamas protests at Columbia is arrested, green card revoked
……………………………..
Excellent to hear!
Here is a fine article at City Journal on this same subject:
“Trump Is Right to Deport Hamas Supporters”
Federal law authorizes denying or revoking the visa of anyone who supports terrorist activity.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-deport-hamas-supporters-visa-law?utm_source=virtuous&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cjdaily&vcrmeid=42GXMnBJkKsDaYJyYLKYg&vcrmiid=9YueTvio40W9PcaFq-3W_A
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I commented on this in the next thread, before I read this one
If his wife is a pregnant US citizen, she can go w/ him, and take their fetus along. Or, since they are pro-Dem, they can be given a free abortion. At any rate, I’m not for family separation: his wife & kid should be deported w/ him
Also, his is not protected political speech: he was a “negotiator” b/w students and faculty at Columbia on what antisemitic policies the school should follow. In other words, a part of the intimidation of Jewish students at that school. Very much a candidate for deportation
His ilk should follow, regardless of how pregnant they or their spouses happen to be
OLD GUY says
Send them all back and close student visa to all from islamic terrorist countries.
Ralph says
Sadly, a Judge has overturned this action. Many of the President’s actions will be tied up in court by the communists. Only when the Supreme Court agrees with Trump will we have forward motion.
gravenimage says
Yes, I just heard about this insanity.