US EditionLawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?
- Federal authorities initiated detention and deportation proceedings against lawful permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil and other noncitizens starting in early March 2025.
- These actions followed the individuals' participation in Palestinian rights protests and government allegations of alignment with Hamas.
- The government seeks deportation under the 1952 Immigration Act, alleging potential adverse foreign policy consequences but citing no criminal charges.
- Over 1,000 foreign student visas were revoked since January 2025; an immigration judge ruled April 11 Khalil posed a security risk.
- A federal judge halted Khalil's deportation, raising questions about First Amendment protections for lawful permanent residents and other noncitizens.
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Sibilia: Our Systems Are in Trouble
Recent detentions of legally present individuals—including a Turkish doctoral student and a Palestinian resident of Vermont—raise urgent questions about whether our institutions are upholding core American principles like due process, free speech, and equal protection under the law.
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J. Pharoah Doss: Did the far-left defend the wrong Palestinian cause?
People take part in a protest on March 27, 2025, in Newark, N.J., against the arrest and threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident. Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists stormed Israel from Gaza, killing over a thousand Israelis and taking over 200 hostages. It was the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Following the October 7th attack, far-left social justice gr…
The Conversation
Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?
The detention of noncitizen university students after their Palestinian rights activism raises questions about the limits of free speech. Rob Dobi/Moment/Getty Images The Trump administration has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 foreign university students since January 2025. Many of the individual cases that have made headlines center on foreign-born university students who participated in Palestinian rights protests. In early March, the fe…
The Case Against Student Deportations
On March 8th, 2025, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a master’s student and pro-Palestine activist at Columbia University. Khalil was charged with no crime; rather, the Trump Administration has justified the arrest with a 1952 law that allows the Secretary of State to deport anyone whose presence “would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.” A judge in Louisiana…
Lawful everlasting citizens like Mahmoud Khalil have a proper to freedom of speech – however does that give protection to them from deportation?
The Trump management has revoked the visas of greater than 1,000 overseas college scholars since January 2025. Lots of the particular person instances that experience made headlines middle on foreign-born college scholars who participated in Palestinian rights protests. In early March, the government arrested, detained and started deportation lawsuits towards Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful everlasting [...]
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