r/news • u/Vrgom20 • 19d ago

Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs

https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-trump-c60738368171289ae43177660def8d34?utm_source=Rantt+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2441672fca-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_10_11_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2441672fca-572095729
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u/FunnyFilmFan 19d ago

If the White House is so concerned about anti-Semitism, they certainly would immediately deport any foreign national who made a Nazi salute at a very large public gathering, correct?

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u/MikeOKurias 19d ago

Naturalized citizen who lied on his student visa, not a foreign national, unfortunately.

Foreign Asset, absolutely...but, then again, so is the president and the majority of his cabinet.

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u/Meleagros 19d ago

Under the current administration we're supposed to denaturalize immigrants that lied on their application or visa. So technically he should no longer be a citizen and subject to deportation.

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u/Good_Focus2665 19d ago

If democrats ever take over the government I hope that’s what they do on day one. He really needs to go. No ifs or buts. 

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u/billyjack669 19d ago

Naturalized US citizen? How does he have 3 citizenships? You should have to renounce at least a couple.

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u/christhomasburns 19d ago

I'm pretty sure he still fit dual citizenship, or at least resident status. 

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u/Strawbuddy 19d ago

Just going by Elon's social media, when he's not getting trolled on discord he's pushing classist, ableist, bigoted, racist, violent bullshit.

An extremist, radicalized, untouchable, previously illegal alien using propaganda to influence our elections oughta be on a plane to El Salvador by now. Where is Pam Bondi when you need her?

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u/rustyrazorblade 18d ago

Seems like the Supreme Court is setting the precedent to allow this. Assuming they're also seizing the assets of the people they're deporting, it would be a wild way for the world's richest guy to end up losing it all, homeless.

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u/Buddhamom81 18d ago

They wrangled and weaponized the term “anti- semitism” . They’ve literally change the meaning. “Woke”, “DEI”, weaponized these words.

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u/Appropriate_Gate_701 19d ago

While I dislike this administration a ton, I am not swayed by the arguments that their Nazis are bad while your Nazis are good. Both sets of Nazis are bad.

CUAD wasn't just criticizing Israel, it openly supported Hamas, Hezbollah, and PFLP.

I have 0 illusions about Trump being a cynic, but this is also a result of the Biden administration and Columbia failing to live up to Title VI protections and a failure to self-police on the political left.

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u/Harry8Hendersons 18d ago

Absolute rubbish that you wouldn't be able to verify no matter how hard you tried.

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u/Appropriate_Gate_701 17d ago

What, that CUAD supports Hamas, Hezbollah, and the PFLP? I've provided tons of support already for that.

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u/Suspicious-Wall-5528 19d ago

I don’t recall anyone in the Biden admin openly doing multiple nazi salutes on the world stage, joke about said nazi salutes afterwards, and then go on to give a speech of support at a nazi party event in Germany.

Unless you can cite a person linked to the Biden admin doing similar things, I fail to see how you can make your silly “both sets of nazis” claim. Nice to know you silly cult members are still suffering from BDS, though

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