The argument I've seen is that his attorney filed the habeas petition before he was transferred. We'll find out soon enough whether that's true or not.

I have seen evidence from a USG site that Muhammed khalil is indeed in Louisiana now

could be a big deep fake but I doubt it

Levin was President of the Landmark Legal Foundation after working at the Department of Justice

Khalil is not a protestor exercising free speech. He’s an Islamist revolutionary alien who seeks to overthrow our country by violence if necessary. He’s an Islamist militant. This is what his group preaches:https://t.co/0IL9vPSxO4

— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) March 11, 2025

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Fomenting violence against jewish students and interfering with their right to the education they are paying for.

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Not just Jewish students but all members of Western Civilization. Being in America is a privilege for Non Americans. And there are very many exceptions to first amendment rights that specifically allow for deportation even for green card holders. Burden is on government to show why a deportation is warranted in a civil showing by clear and convincing evidence, not beyond a reasonable doubt.

8 USC 1182. National Security grounds for terrorist activity. That goes to whether he should have ever been allowed in at all.

And then a following statute, incorporates the above for deportation. So it is his self avowed admission that he is a leader and member of a an organization that advocates for terrorist acts. So for those acts it is not a first amendment issue.

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Which makes practically most overseas more worthy of being here than he.

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Mark Levin is really going off on this reprobate. But the real punch line is that revoking a visa and green card
and deporting here doesn't even require a criminal violation. The bold above makes him -- and the party and press that enable such -- a far greater ongoing threat this century than Russia ever was.

Yes. The Secretary of State can make a determination that he represents a threat to American diplomatic interests and revoke the green card.

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Confirming reports from The New York Times and CNN, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Khalil's arrest was justified under a provision of the Cold War-era Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952, which allows the Secretary of State to declare someone "deportable" if they have "reasonable ground to believe" that the immigrant's "presence or activities in the U.S. … would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States."

That allows the Trump administration to push for Khalil's deportation without formally charging him with a crimewhich is typically what's required to revoke someone's green cardbut the activist's case will still have to play out in court, where the administration will have the burden of proof in showing why Khalil poses a foreign policy threat to the U.S. and should be deported.

Rubio will have to provide "clear and convincing evidence" in court that Khalil "is this massive security problem," Bill Hing, associate dean for faculty scholarship at the University of San Francisco School of Law and founder of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, told Forbes Tuesdaywhich Hing predicted would be difficult to prove, given the evidence that's public about Khalil and his protesting activities.
Citing anonymous sources, The Times reports the Trump administration intends to justify invoking the provision by arguing the U.S. has a policy to combat antisemitism and "it would undermine this policy objective to tolerate Mr. Khalil's continued presence in the United States."

Hing and legal experts cited by the Times said this provision has rarely been invoked in past immigration cases, with Hing suggesting the administration may have had an easier time in court arguing Khalil promoted or supported a terrorist group, which could also be grounds for losing his green card and would have required a lower burden of proof.

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The Hamas wing of activists think this will be tough to do, but I disagree.

I am glad ICE proudly apprehended and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student on the campus of Columbia University because these radical Pro-Hamas groups are a threat to our national security.

Concur. Rubio is showing no Bush-era Republican or roll-over. That's probably all he will need.

Yes, and Mr. Hing of the San Fran school of law is just…not likely correct.

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Bill Hing, associate dean for faculty scholarship at the University of San Francisco School of Law and founder of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, told Forbes Tuesday which Hing predicted would be difficult to prove, given the evidence that's public about Khalil and his protesting activities.

Citing anonymous sources, The Times reports the Trump administration intends to justify invoking the provision by arguing the U.S. has a policy to combat antisemitism and "it would undermine this policy objective to tolerate Mr. Khalil's continued presence in the United States."

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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center founder. Hmmm, what are the odds they've been given a mountain of USAID money? "Working with and educating immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to help build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people"

Oh, you know, the usual, Tides Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, NED, etc.

Sure, makes perfect sense for Forbes to go to that guy for prognostications as to whether the US Government will succeed in revoking a green card.

Another thing:

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Confirming reports from The New York Times and CNN, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Khalil's arrest was justified under a provision of the Cold War-era Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952, which allows the Secretary of State to declare someone "deportable" if they have "reasonable ground to believe" that the immigrant's "presence or activities in the U.S. … would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States."

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Since the swamp and MSM are so eager to revive the Cold War in other ways, quite fine with re-applying that era's complete intolerance for Marxism and driving it out of the institutions and from the country. And the 9/11 GoT protocols must have some coverage for Islamist pamphleteer activity probably as well.

Another thing about Khalil's employment history. Exactly what may have gotten him on the administration's radar?

He worked in the past for an NGO receiving $$$ from USAID.

Yes, that would be UNRWA, I believe. No doubt we somehow paid for his education, lifestyle, and immigration application somehow.

SIPA should, as with Columbia itself, be entirely defunded as an enemy of the republic. They are hiding some of their board/leadership now but needless to say Hillary is involved.

It's beyond safe to say we the taxpayers funded all of the pro-Hamas protests as well, one way or another. The residual USAID dollars, MORE of our tax dollars, will pay for his defense too.

This REALLY ticks me off.

What stops Trump from just putting him on the plane to Syria and giving him an IDF pager so he can stay in touch with his wife and baby back in the US?

But seriously, put him on a plane and get him the F out of here. Bonus if he is rendered permanently disabled during transport.

And Talib should be investigated for material support of terrorism and treason.

Wait, what?

So then the question becomes “ why did @10DowningStreet have a MI6 spy in America organizing/leading violent antisemitic riots and destabilizing universities/cities?”

Sounds like they may want Revolutionary War 2.0.

— JW (@C130GuyBNA) March 12, 2025

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The White House triumphally posted Trump's statement and an image of Khalil on X on Monday, accompanied with the words "SHALOM, MAHMOUD" and the accusation that he "led activities aligned to Hamas".

Khalil graduated with a master's degree from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs in December.

He was one of the main negotiators for students during the pro-Palestine campus encampment in the spring of 2024.

However, MEE has found that he previously worked as a programme manager at the Syria Office in the British embassy in Beirut from 2018 t0 2022.

Online records reviewed by MEE show that Khalil worked as a local manager for the Syria Chevening Program, a prestigious UK government international scholarship scheme, as well as for the Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund.

'Loved by his colleagues'

Former British diplomat Andrew Waller, who was a policy advisor at the Syria Office while Khalil worked there, told MEE that the US government's depiction of Khalil was false and defamatory.

"He went through a vetting process to get the job and was cleared to work on sensitive issues for the British government," Waller said

"It's outright defamation what Trump has done. Mahmoud is an extremely kind and conscientious person and he was loved by his colleagues at the Syria Office," he added.

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WTH?

Welp. Sedition charges for Mahmoud!

Same link as above.

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The Chevening scholarship, which is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), describes its mission as being to "support UK foreign policy priorities and achieve FCDO objectives by creating lasting positive relationships with future leaders, influencers, and decision-makers".

Waller described it as a "flagship UK soft power policy".

"It brings the brightest students from around the world to UK universities. Mahmoud ran its Syria programme and interviewed hundreds, if not thousands, of applicants on behalf of the British government."

Khalil was also a "local staff political officer", responsible for providing the "contextual understanding and linguistic skills to translate meetings," Waller recalled.

"It's really interesting. Less than two weeks ago JD Vance is lecturing Keir Starmer about free speech, and then the US goes and kidnaps Mahmoud Khalil for organising student protests."

Tricia McLaughlin, spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), told MEE on Monday that Khalil's arrest was "in support of President Trump's executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism".

"Khalil led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organisation."

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This is getting even more screwy.

Strange....

Born in Syria, to Palestinian parents, with Algerian citizenship. Gets "security clearance" from Britain. Comes to the US to organize protests.

Are you seeing it yet pic.twitter.com/LFmc0OpCuM

— captive dreamer (@teikokumatchco) March 12, 2025

Also heard today that Khalil's American born wife, her parents are Syrian.

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Also heard today that Khalil's American born wife, her parents are Syrian.

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He should never be allowed to come back, and any access he has to our intelligence should be completely severed. His wife can choose to stay or go.

Seems to me that the Trump folks know exactly who he is. So did the Biden folks.

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He should never be allowed to come back, and any access he has to our intelligence should be completely severed. His wife can choose to stay or go.

Seems to me that the Trump folks know exactly who he is. So did the Biden folks.

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Not only was he recruiting other Syrian terrorists to go to Britain's universities, he recruited himself to go to Colombia in the US. He got married fairly quickly after he arrived, too. That usually gets flagged. So you are damn right the Biden administration knew all about him.

So sent here by British intelligence to be an influencer and lead pro-Hamas protests???

Or invited here by the evil people running the Biden White House. Leftists have loved using Britain and Australias subversives to go around the Constitution. Antony Blinken hates Israel.

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Or invited here by the evil people running the Biden White House. Leftists have loved using Britain and Australias subversives to go around the Constitution. Antony Blinken hates Israel.

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And someone signed off on allowing him into the country in the first place. Who was that? That's what I want to know.

Presumably he applied for and got a student visa on the basis of his scholarship and admission to Columbia. Keep in mind, much of MI6 has been tied together with various CIA/USAID projects, and he worked for UNRWA I read, so he probably had some glowing UN-partner recommendations as well.

And it's not just SIPA at Columbia, but the whole school loves bringing these types in. It's profitable business, often via the money laundering operation that was the NGO-world with USAID etc.

It's not widely known, but over HALF of Columba University's enrollment is now foreign students. Some of them are people like Mahmoud Khalil, who spent all his time agitating in support of Hamas terrorists.

But if you dig deeper, the true story is even more appalling: Columbia… pic.twitter.com/gQQ6qi5x4u

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 12, 2025

Here's the SDNY writ, which should be doomed:

🚨🚨🚨Mahmoud Khalil habeas petition is now up but courtlistner is down, so here's screengrabs. 1/ pic.twitter.com/zremEr8b5w

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 12, 2025

5/5 First issue, though, will be whether this court has venue since MK is no longer in the district.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 12, 2025

It's almost starting to sound as if this guy was either a part of or was trying to start something akin to a spy network. I'm surprised that only gets him deported.

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He should never be allowed to come back, and any access he has to our intelligence should be completely severed. His wife can choose to stay or go.

Seems to me that the Trump folks know exactly who he is. So did the Biden folks.

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Not only was he recruiting other Syrian terrorists to go to Britain's universities, he recruited himself to go to Colombia in the US. He got married fairly quickly after he arrived, too. That usually gets flagged. So you are damn right the Biden administration knew all about him.

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Everyone knew about him the last 15 months since he first praised the 7 october massacres

Jewish groups have been amassing files on this guy for a long time

Send him to his goats. He does not deserve freedom.

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Reporter: "Your revocation of the green card to many is seen as one of the most anti-speech actions a Secretary can take with his powers.  How do you respond?"@MarcoRubio's response is fierce and factual ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/uVwJy30dVo

— Gabriel Noronha (@GLNoronha) March 12, 2025

Just going to leave this right here and say well done sir.

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Awesome Rubio.

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Reporter: "Your revocation of the green card to many is seen as one of the most anti-speech actions a Secretary can take with his powers.  How do you respond?"@MarcoRubio's response is fierce and factual ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/uVwJy30dVo

— Gabriel Noronha (@GLNoronha) March 12, 2025

Just going to leave this right here and say well done sir.

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Very much so. (Raises toast) Well done. "This is about someone who has no inherent right to be here---not free speech." Its enough to make one wonder how Rubio would have been as President (he ran for it recall). He has been very un-GOP first decade like now.

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Reporter: "Your revocation of the green card to many is seen as one of the most anti-speech actions a Secretary can take with his powers.  How do you respond?"@MarcoRubio's response is fierce and factual ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/uVwJy30dVo

— Gabriel Noronha (@GLNoronha) March 12, 2025

Just going to leave this right here and say well done sir.

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GD right

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Presumably he applied for and got a student visa on the basis of his scholarship and admission to Columbia. Keep in mind, much of MI6 has been tied together with various CIA/USAID projects, and he worked for UNRWA I read, so he probably had some glowing UN-partner recommendations as well.

And it's not just SIPA at Columbia, but the whole school loves bringing these types in. It's profitable business, often via the money laundering operation that was the NGO-world with USAID etc.

It's not widely known, but over HALF of Columba University's enrollment is now foreign students. Some of them are people like Mahmoud Khalil, who spent all his time agitating in support of Hamas terrorists.

But if you dig deeper, the true story is even more appalling: Columbia… pic.twitter.com/gQQ6qi5x4u

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 12, 2025

Here's the SDNY writ, which should be doomed:

🚨🚨🚨Mahmoud Khalil habeas petition is now up but courtlistner is down, so here's screengrabs. 1/ pic.twitter.com/zremEr8b5w

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 12, 2025

5/5 First issue, though, will be whether this court has venue since MK is no longer in the district.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 12, 2025

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I like how the TRO request has that he grew up in Syria, because his grandparents were FORCIBLY removed from Tiberius, PALESTINE...

Can someone find Palestine on a map?

Didn't Obama drone strike an actual American citizen for supporting terrorism?

But now libs are protesting a guys deportation for being much more involved in much more sinister terrorist activities.

I don't know how libs can continue to defend this.

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Can someone find Palestine on a map?

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It's about a hundred miles south of Dallas.

Oh, wait...