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Related: About this forumUS authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students say
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social
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Reuters story adds more context but mostly with the effect of making the story more horrifying. DHS do appear to have arrested and threatened to deport a green card holder (with a US citizen wife) because they don't like his political views
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-authorities-arrest-palestinian-student-protester-columbia-university-students-2025-03-09/
US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students say
The detention of graduate student Mahmoud Khalil appears to be one of the first efforts by Donald Trump to fulfill his promise to seek the deportation of some foreign students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.
www.reuters.com
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Reply to Daniel Knowles
Reuters story adds more context but mostly with the effect of making the story more horrifying. DHS do appear to have arrested and threatened to deport a green card holder (with a US citizen wife) because they don't like his political views
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-authorities-arrest-palestinian-student-protester-columbia-university-students-2025-03-09/
US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students say
The detention of graduate student Mahmoud Khalil appears to be one of the first efforts by Donald Trump to fulfill his promise to seek the deportation of some foreign students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.
www.reuters.com
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US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students say (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
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rubbersole
(9,495 posts)1. To the detention camp!
Must have been one of the "illegal campus protests" tsf is scared of.
Eko
(8,990 posts)2. This is some fascist shit.
If he broke laws then he should be charged for them but to punish someone for their political beliefs is not something anyone here should condone.
walkingman
(8,920 posts)3. All Americans should be outraged by this. Illegal to protest??