Trump admin admits green card holder Mahmoud Khalil's actions were "lawful"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : " Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin previously told Newsweek in a statement: "On March 9, 2025, in support of President Trump's executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism, and in coordination with the Department of State, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student.
49% : ICE and the Department of State are committed to enforcing President Trump's executive orders and to protecting U.S. national security.
43% : Khalil's case has also raised serious concerns among advocates and students, raising questions about the right to protest, freedom of speech, political advocacy and immigration status.
33% : Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu share close ties, and Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of removing Palestinians from their homeland and turning it into a beach resort run by the U.S., an idea unanimously refuted by Arab nations and Palestinians. Khalil, 30, was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, to a family that "has been displaced from their land since the 1948 Nakba," which refers to the "catastrophe" in Arabic, marking the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
29% : Trump vowed to launch the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history and has detained and deported thousands of people in recent months, including permanent lawful residents and various visa holders.

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