Trump administration attacks on free speech

You need to stop passing your hallucinations off as facts. There’s zero evidence that Khalil supports Hamas and wants to destroy the US government.

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What did I state as fact? The word alleged you don’t understand? Has he not stated he wants to destroy western civilization? Isn’t the US a western civlilization?

Is Khalil for or against this? I mean he does like dancing…

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You support Hamas and want to destroy the US government.

There. Now without any basis whatsoever in reality anyone can claim you too allegedly support Hamas and want to destroy the US government so shouldn’t be allowed entry into the United States.

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This might go here
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/trump-higher-education.html

https://archive.ph/Mnfd8

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Cato Institute: US Citizens Don’t Have First Amendment Rights If Noncitizens Don’t

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By this logic, everything should be protected as free speech, even support for genocide, terrorism, or hostile foreign powers. That’s absurd. Free speech doesn’t give noncitizens a guaranteed right to stay in the U.S., especially if they’ve lied on forms, associated with extremists, or triggered national security concerns.

Should someone on a visa be allowed to post, “(insert terrorist organisation here) is right, let’s bring down western civilisation” and still expect to stay? Of course not.

Khalil lied on his visa application, that alone is grounds for deportation. Another woman attended a terrorist’s funeral, hardly innocent. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia wasn’t deported “by accident” a rogue staffe made that claim, but multiple immigration judges and DHS flagged him for MS-13 ties.

These deportations weren’t about tweets, they were about immigration violations and security risks. If you’re in the U.S. on a visa or green card, you follow the rules. Break them, and you’re out. That’s not an attack on free speech, it’s basic national sovereignty.

There’s a rule saying green card holders can’t protest Israel’s actions in Gaza?

No, there’s no rule saying green card holders can’t protest Israel, but let’s stop pretending this is about peaceful free speech.

In Khalil’s case, he had documented ties to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, and was actively running their propaganda campaign on U.S. college campuses, intimidating and terrorizing Israeli and Jewish students.

If you’re a citizen doing the same? You won’t be deported, but you can forget about ever getting a security clearance, you’ll be flagged and watched like a hawk. Free speech doesn’t shield you from the consequences of essentially being a terrorist associate.

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If for no other reason than simple self respect you need to stop pretending there is any evidence that Khalil had any ties to a terrorist organization, was actively running their propaganda campaign in the U.S., and was intimidating and terrorizing Israeli and Jewish students. Those are crimes and he hasn’t been charged with any of them.

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A noncitizen doesn’t need to be criminally charged to be deported.

Marco Rubio (who has sole discretion) explicitly cited Khalil’s role in spreading antisemitic propaganda, creating a hostile campus environment, and echoing Hamas-aligned messaging.

Khalil’s pro-Gaza activism was rooted in Hamas-aligned messaging, and his campus activity contributed directly to a hostile, antisemitic environment for Jewish students, as laid out clearly by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in his memo.

Cats out of the bag.

Certain ideas are illegal.

Immigration policy is weaponized to police thought.

Bullshit.

I don’t exactly feel overly concerned about subtracting 2 billion of taxpayer dollars from an institution that has a 53 billion dollar endowment. Harvard will be fine without the taxpayer dollars.

Harvard and the wealthily endowed prestige schools will be fine. It’s the less famous, less funded universities that should be worried about.

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And also the less wealthy students whose tuition was covered by the federal aid in those grants, if I understand correctly.