Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/trump-arrest-detention-mahmoud-khalil/?nc=1

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  1. And far from the last. I’m not sure if prayer does anything, but mine are with him and his family anyway.

  2. I’m worried they are learning the wrong lessons from this.

  6. From another post:

    “Indeed, a White House official told The Free Press that the basis for targeting Khalil is being used as a blueprint for investigations against other students. Khalil is a “threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States, calculation was the driving force behind the arrest. “**The allegation here is not that he was breaking the law,**” said the official.”

  8. Trump is learning a lot from his good friend Putin. So far he has reigned in the billionaires, attacked his neighbours and is starting to make people disappear.
    Pretty scary when you think about it. The US is no longer the land of the free and it only took one election.

  9. It will only get worse. Wait until they stop the midterms from happening.

  11. This is a trial run by the Trump Admin since they know a lot of people hate the Pro-Palestine protests so they figure that if they succeed here they can succeed in the future with other protests. The other thing is that multiple groups have been building a list of non-citizens who protested against Israel’s actions if the Trump Admin gets away with this one they will go after more people.

    “The Post reported that the names of visa-reliant international students who had participated in pro-Palestinian protests were being gathered by a pro-Israel organization, Betar, which wants to make them return home under President Trump.”

    https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5187164-ann-coulter-arrest-columbia-protester-free-speech/

  14. Did everyone forget how Trump had ICE flowing into cities in ski masks and unmarked cars to abduct innocent protesters off the street?

  16. Mahmoud Khalil is a lawful permanent resident. A college grad. An activist. And now, he’s vanished into ICE custody for saying things the government didn’t like. That’s not national security, that’s *retaliation*. And it’s a direct hit to the idea that free speech protects *everyone*, not just the people in power or the ones saying things we agree with.

    The same crowd screaming about cancel culture because a pundit lost a book deal has nothing to say when the state comes knocking for a young man speaking out on behalf of Palestinians. This isn’t a slippery slope. We’re already sliding.

    You don’t have to agree with Khalil to be outraged (even though I think you should). You just have to believe in the Constitution. And if we can’t draw the line here, then what’s left to defend?

  17. Pro Palestine protesters have been treated reprehensibly across the board, in the UK the former leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn was temporarily detained for attending one. They need to be allowed to express their opinions, we cannot suffer another Kent State Massacre because of the west bending over backwards for Bibi

  18. How are Americans NOT out in huge numbers and protesting yet?

  19. I mean, he’s not. Not even close. How many people got plucked off the streets of Portland by unidentified officers in unmarked vans years ago? Never charged with crimes and we still don’t know who the jackboots were.

  20. This term. There were unmarked vans driven by Homeland Security agents snatching protesters off the streets of Portland during the BLM protests. Victims were held for days without charges in hotel room “prisons” where they were interrogated and later either released, deported, or sent to black sites for further interrogation

  21. And if they continue, they’ll starting killing off “opposing party” members. Its really just a matter of time. This guy is saying boycotts and protests are illegal. So did the other guy with the mustache…The terrifying thing is that one boycott gets us even closer to martial law. Thats when shit will get extremely dark

  23. From the article:

    >The people with institutional power could take a stand and come out swinging. The Democrats could use procedural rules to completely shut down the government. Columbia and other universities could refuse to allow ICE agents on campus; professors could refuse to teach until the administration takes action. Everyone involved could demand answers and due process, make this disappearance front-page news for as long as it needs to be. The people with institutional power are doing none of these things so far, and if their inaction continues it will herald the end of unalienable rights in America.

    Democracy dies in could haves.

  24. The first we know of, and almost certainly not the last.

  25. Khasoggi? I mean he wasn’t disappeared by the Trump admin but Trump certainly had no problems downplaying the killing of a US resident and activist.

  27. When is this country going to wake up? What’s it going to take? Are we going to collectively bend over and just take up the ass by a bunch of oligarchs and their goons?

  28. The Hispanic community has been telling yall since the 2000s that ICE does not care about legal status. A lot of americans dismissed this as “oh well it could never be me”. Look now

  29. I have a creepy feeling this name will end up in history books in the first paragraph of the Fascist USA chapter.

  31. America, this can only end in disaster for democracy in general and your country in particular. If you give no fucks about anyone else, you should act to save the future for your children. There will soon be very little democracy for them to inherit.

  32. We can’t let this happen, it starts with one, but more will be targeted. You have to stand up for your neighbors and friends, or else you will not have anyone to stand up for you.

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