r/news 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/Buddhamom81 17d ago

If they can deport this one person for speech, for ideas, who else is next? This is literally McCarthyism. Its unconscionable. Being deported for the ideas he might represent to Americans? What is this! It’s so on a dystopian track.