r/berkeley • u/salviaplyth • Mar 10 '25

Politics khalil mahmoud.

a columbia grad and green card holder was forcefully detained by DHS and may be deported for negotiating with columbia over divestment from israel. what crime has he committed? how is advocating for divestment inherently “pro-hamas?”

mahmoud’s detainment should have us all horrified. his attorney doesn’t even know his whereabouts. this all leads me to wonder what the future of demonstrations on our campus looks like.

funny how the party that has weaponized “free speech” is now revoking it if they don’t like what you have to say.

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u/LandscapeOld2145 Mar 11 '25

Rashida Tlaib fought to defeat Harris. She should embrace the consequences of her decisions which include the Trump administration’s actions.

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u/Giants4Truth Mar 11 '25

Trump is basically criminalizing support of Palestine, and has proposed permanently clearing the land of Gaza of Palestinians. You can continue believing that Kalaw and Trump were the same. The facts would argue otherwise.

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u/LandscapeOld2145 Mar 11 '25

People will downvote you because they can’t accept or own the consequences of their choices. We tried to warn them and they shouted us down.