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Courts have proved reluctant to second-guess security grounds rationales in immigration cases. For these reasons, cases like Khalil’s may go on for years,
the professor said
When you hand out leaflets inciting violence on a college campus, that’s illegal,
White House border czar Tom Homan said WednesdayI believe that the liberation of the Palestinian people and the Jewish people are intertwined".
They called him a "mediator and negotiator" and pointed to a spring 2024 interview with CNN in which he said
The government’s unlawful policy of targeting noncitizens for arrest and removal based on protected speech is … viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment,
Khalil’s lawyers, led by Amy Belsher of the New York Civil Liberties Foundation, wrote in a Thursday night court filingThe agent looked confused when he saw the documents and said, ‘He has a green card’ to the individual with whom he was on the phone,
according to Khalil’s lawyersIt cannot be the case that you can be disappeared at night, off the streets of New York city, simply because the current administration in the White House dislikes what you have to say,
he saidThey kidnapped this man, this young student, father-to-be … based on an accusation that he has the wrong political ideas, and he has expressed them,
Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told Sara Sidner
We know our history and we are here to say, ‘Never again,
Jewish Voice for Peace spokesperson Sonya Meyerson-Knox later told CNN of the protestI am here in adherence to what my ancestors taught me because I have been taught what happens when authoritarian regimes start scapegoating people,
Meyerson-Knox saidNo one was arrested or detained. No items were removed, and no further action was taken,
Katrina Armstrong said in an email that also acknowledged “the immense stress our community is under.”Columbia continues to make every effort to ensure that our campus, students, faculty, and staff are safe,
she said
This is not about free speech. This is about people that don’t have a right to be in the United States to begin with. No one has a right to a student visa. No one has a right to a green card,
Rubio said
With today’s filing, we are making it crystal clear that no president can arrest, detain, or deport anyone for disagreeing with the government,
Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said in a statementSecretary Rubio made this determination based on Mr. Khalil’s lawful activity protected by the First Amendment: his participation in protests and his statements regarding Palestine and Israel,
Khalil's attorneys argue in the complaintNeither Secretary Rubio nor any other government official has alleged that Mr. Khalil has committed any crime or, indeed, broken any law whatsoever,
they wroteI find it distasteful, un-Jewish and collaborationist to forge together lists of people who fail to meet a political litmus test,
Myers said
It is both possible and necessary to directly confront and address the crisis of antisemitism, on campus and across our communities, without abandoning the fundamental democratic values that have allowed Jews, and so many others, to thrive here,
said Amy Spitalnick, head of the liberal Jewish Council for Public AffairsWe also hope that this action serves as a deterrent to others who might consider breaking the law on college campuses or anywhere.”
It addedIrrespective of the content of Mr Khalil’s speech, we firmly believe that his arrest does nothing to make Jews safer,
the groups saidWell, that has to be determined.”
When asked who he was an operative for, he responded