It will never not depress or infuriate me that all the liberals getting (rightly) mad at Trump right now for abandoning Ukrainian civilians to Putin’s barbarism seem totally ok with Trump simultaneously abandoning Palestinian civilians to Netanyahu’s barbarism
The US government refuses to say where it is holding Mahmoud Khalil, a Green Card holder married to a US citizen who is 8 months pregnant. DHS told us to ask the White House about the case, then sent us a statement saying DHS was acting "in support of" Trump's executive orders.
Mahmoud Khalil is a kind, tireless advocate for justice. The best person to have during a crisis. I will never forget freaking out when Columbia threatened the national guard on us during the encampment. Mahmoud was the voice of reason. His kidnapping is heartbreaking.
My friend Mahmoud Khalil HAS BEEN DETAINED (https://t.co/8pGmTTIe2o). This is total fucking insanity. We are living in a police state. Protesting a genocide now lands you in prison in the US. PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION.
https://t.co/Apzh7L83qF
The Trump administration position is clear: The First Amendment does not apply to criticizing Israel or opposing Israel’s policies. The administration is starting to carry out a policy of criminalizing this speech.
A green card holder—his wife 8 months pregnant at home—picked up by ICE agents on his way home from Iftar for the crime of peacefully protesting his university’s investment in the country that has slaughtered tens of thousands of his people.
This is New York. This is America.
The mission creep won’t stop at revoking green cards of Palestine solidarity protest leaders. The Zionist movement which paid for Trump’s unconstitutional policy seeks to criminalize all actions that interfere with its supremacist goals. No one knows where the occupation ends.
This could be an issue around which Democrats rally and reclaim the moral high ground on free speech, but it looks like they’re too captured by Israel to object to a legal permanent resident being disappeared for protesting genocide.
Unbelievable. We could be killed on campus by a zionist and Columbia wouldn’t say a word. Mahmoud’s dean, @YarhiMilo of @ColumbiaSIPA has said nothing. Arresting and abducting a student, a student with a pregnant wife, is appalling cruelty.
No matter how many times you ask, these people cannot name a single crime Mahmoud has committed or is being charged with. Nothing other than the crime of exercising his right to free speech & holding political opinions they don’t like. So much for democratic values.