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The ICE Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Step in Dismantling Free Speech in America

The Trump administration is sending a clear signal on how it plans to deal with protests on campuses — and in the streets.

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Mar 17, 2025
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Mahmoud Khalil was snatched up by the feds. And we should all be concerned about this because we are next.

A Palestinian man who was one of the leaders of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year, Khalil was illegally abducted by ICE agents and sent to an immigration facility in Louisiana. A recent graduate of Colu…

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David A. Love is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University, and a Philly-based writer who focuses on issues of justice, race, human rights, law and politics.
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