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In reply to the discussion: US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views [View all]GiqueCee
(2,570 posts)44. The critical point that seems to be shouted down in all this...
Last edited Mon Apr 21, 2025, 07:10 AM - Edit history (1)
... is that Mahmoud was never advocating for Hamas, he was speaking in defense of the Palestinian people being systematically victimized by Netanyahu's brutal policies. It is wrong to conflate being Palestinian with being a Hamas sympathizer, and equally wrong to say that criticizing Netanyahu's actions is antisemitic. It is not. It is simply anti-Netanyahu. There are millions of Israelis that abhor what Netanyahu is doing.
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There's a separate, coincident case going on in New Jersey, so he can't actually be deported yet...
Native
Apr 2025
#5
Appointed in January 2023 by the US Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review
Polybius
Apr 2025
#18
Article II Judges & Courts. Part of the DOJ, specifically the Executive Office for Immigration Review n/t
24601
Apr 2025
#16
'Pawns': Critics blast 'fake' judge who ruled Trump can deport Columbia activist
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2025
#13
Unless and until the SCOTUS overrules Judge Jamee Comans, we are all Mahmoud Khalil now.
ancianita
Apr 2025
#19
Like I said: Late sixties. I think '71 was still in the late sixties, it's all a bit blurry.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Apr 2025
#37
Once all the appeals are exhausted, will he be allowed to leave on his own accord?
question everything
Apr 2025
#30