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March 19, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil Isn’t Being Deported Because of Speech

The law is on the Trump administration’s side.

While Tal Fortgang acknowledges that there are reasonable questions about whether authorities observed due process in ordering the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil—one of the leaders of the anti-Israel movement at Columbia University—he argues that freedom of speech is not at issue in this case. Khalil, a foreign national holding a green card, is not about to lose his rights because of his ideas or words, but because of his activities:

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