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Mahmoud Khalil urges ‘further protests’ in letter from prison, blames Columbia for arrest

Mahmoud Khalil, a protester at the University of Columbia, calls himself a “political prisoner,” but urges students to respond in further protests. “My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner,” Khalil said in a fierce letter written from the Louisiana immigration detention facility. Mahmoud Khalil calls himself a “political prisoner” from prison. […]

Left Portrays Pro-Hamas Activist Mahmoud Khalil as Victim of Trump’s Deportation Policy

Progressive portrays Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil, who led months of anti-Israel protests as the sympathetic victim of President Donald Trump's general migration policy premiere. Halil Registration At Columbia University in New York City, less than a week after Hamas launched the bloody, chaotic cross-border attacks of the October 7 attack, it began protesting Israeli counterattacks. […]

Maher says Trump administration’s detaining of Mahmoud Khalil hurts free speech

“Real-Time” host Bill Maher had several choice words for the Trump administration following the arrest of anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil. Halil, a protester at Columbia University, a Syrian citizen, was taken into custody by ICE this week after the Department of Homeland Security announced that he would cancel his green card and student visa, which […]

The limits of US tolerance: What Mahmoud Khalil’s case reveals about assimilation

For generations, America has been separated from other parts of the world as an immigrant nation, but it is also a country of values. Unlike Europe, where ethnic and religious minorities often separate from the broader society socially and politically, the American model of assimilation has long been based on simple but powerful expectations. America […]

JOSH HAMMER: Mahmoud Khalil And The Red-Green Assault On American Sovereignty

The stock market these days is on a true roller coaster, with Elon Musk's government efficiency (DOGE) continuing to disrupt its feathers, Iran's march constantly approaching nuclear weapons, and Russia and Ukraine eat up to a ceasefire. However, this week's national political conversations have, strangely, tended to focus on the uncertain fate of only non-citizen […]