Re: Deportation of Khalil

On Apr 12, 2025 at 8:29:19 PM PDT, "Robin Miller"
<robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman wrote:
 

 I despise Khalil. He's espousing anti-Western and anti-Israeli values and
 is acting, effectively, as a spokesman for Hamas, It's a
 misrepresentation to call him "pro Palestinian" as taking the Hamas side
 is anti-Palestinian.

 
 
These are all lies. Khalil's position is to oppose Israel's genocide in
Gaza, which is the only moral position to take. Numerous Jewish groups
have taken the same position; Jewish groups have often led campus
protests. Anyone who supports Israel in its genocide is siding with
ideological descendants of Nazis.
 
The government's position that a protestor at a university "would have
potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United
States" is preposterous on its face. Rubio's statement contained no
evidence for his assertion.
 
More generally, the contention that people legally in the US can be
thrown out of the country--or legally harmed in any way--for taking a
political position different from that of the government effectively
nullifies the First Amendment.

Proclaiming support for Hamas aside, there's a big difference between speech
and criminal activity.

Taking over campus property, whether it be a quad or a building or a
classroom, vandalism, assault, theft, ethnic intimidation, etc. all of those
are crimes and all of that was done under the banner of "supporting Gaza" on
universities across the nation and none of it is protected under the 1st
Amendment. To the extent Khalil was responsible for organizing and
participating in that activity, he rightly deserves his deportation.

Zionism is a genocidal political philosophy that must be eradicated.

Anyone advocating 'eradicating' rather countering a political philosophy has
no business complaining about violations of the 1st Amendment.