Trump administration admits Mahmoud Khalil committed no crime, seeks deportation based solely on his "beliefs, statements, or associations"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Khalil -- like the millions of students and workers who have participated in anti-genocide protests over the past 18 months -- is not antisemitic.
61% : If the US government was honest about deporting those who "condone anti-Semitic conduct and disruptive protests" in the US and on college campuses, the gang of fascists in the White House would be on the first plane to El Salvador.
56% : During his first term, it was Trump who praised the "very fine" neo-Nazis that rioted in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to the death of anti-fascist protester Heather Heyer.
51% : Consistent with E.O. 14150, America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State, the foreign policy of the United States champions core American interests and American citizens and condoning anti-Semitic conduct and disruptive protest in the United States would severely undermine that significant foreign policy objective.
49% : facebook icon More than a month after Mahmoud Khalil -- a legal US resident and graduate student at Columbia University -- was abducted outside his New York City apartment, the Trump administration admitted in a court filing Thursday that he is being targeted solely for his participation in anti-genocide protests.
44% : On March 8, Khalil was kidnapped outside his apartment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves.
40% : " The "big lie" that opposition to the US-backed Israeli genocide of Gaza, which has killed or injured over 200,000 people, mostly women and children, is synonymous with "antisemitism" was first advanced by the Biden administration and has continued under Trump, with Democratic Party support.

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