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Inept Trump official attempting justify arrest of pro-Palestinian protest leader accidentally admits Trump did the same thing. By Curt_Anderson March 13, 2025 10:58 pm Category: Government (0.0 from 0 votes) Rules of the Post Write A New Article How To Post Here

Troy Edgar, the deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, defended Khalil's arrest on Morning Edition. When NPR's Michel Martin asked him to explain what Khalil did to be arrested, aligned with terrorist activity and potentially deported, Edgar did not give a clear answer.

Martin: How did he support Hamas? Exactly what did he do?

Edgar: Well, I think you can see it on TV, right? This is somebody that we've invited and allowed the student to come into the country, and he's put himself in the middle of the process of basically pro-Palestinian activity. And at this point, like I said, the Secretary of State can review his visa process at any point and revoke it.

Martin: He's a permanent resident. He's not a visa holder. He's a legal permanent resident. He has the green card, at least he did, until it's alleged that it was revoked.

If the allegation is that Mr. Khalil organized protests and made speeches after which other people engaged in prohibited activity, or, say, violent activity. Well, Mr. Trump gave a political speech on January 6, 2021, after which some individuals engaged in violent and illegal acts. How is this any different?

Edgar: President Trump's a citizen and the president of the United States. This is a person that came in under a visa. And again, the secretary of state at any point can take a look and evaluate that visa and decide if they want to revoke it.

Martin: He's a legal permanent resident. I have to keep insisting on that. He is a legal permanent resident.

So what is the standard? Is any criticism of the Israeli government a deportable offense?

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by HatetheSwamp on March 14, 2025 2:32 am NPR by oldedude on March 14, 2025 7:22 am Yes, NPR... My guess is that he has a background from Syria that you don't know about. Something other countries would put him is some jail and scratch his name off the roster so he rots in there the rest of his life. It's interesting that curt supports terrorism, and racism. by HatetheSwamp on March 14, 2025 7:39 am I don't know about support, but he's waaaaaaay more sympathetic towards terrorists than his own president. by oldedude on March 14, 2025 7:51 am And, I don't know what State Department knows. You never do. Deportation may have been the best option other than an arrest for being a terrorist supporter. And I know nothing about the family, his ties, contacts, etc. The thing is they make moves based on what THEY know. NOT on what WE know. To "assume" does make an "ass" of you. Every time by Ponderer on March 14, 2025 8:09 am Freedom of speech does not extend to legal immigrants. Got it. by Ponderer on March 14, 2025 8:19 am "And I know nothing about the family, his ties, contacts, etc." -olde dude Well, his American citizen wife is 8 months pregnant. I'm sure when Trump officials doing this to him learned that, their faces lit up with a sadistic glee like you'd never want to see on a human being's face. It's not even about Khalil. What they are doing is trying to scare all immigrants into shutting the fuckup about this administration or anything that it does. They want legal immigrants to shiver in their boots with fear that they will be booted out of the country over the slightest word of public criticism against The Golden God of America. It was the same thing with their recent flamboyantly asinine Guantanamo Bay debacle. It was all about the photo op. The image that they could use to scare people from coming here for any reason. All that money wasted for essentially nothing. Honestly, this man and his motives are pretty damned obvious for all to see. But it requires actually looking at him in the light of reality. I wish you MAGA Hats good luck with that. by HatetheSwamp on March 14, 2025 9:46 am "Freedom of speech does not extend to legal immigrants. Got it." po, I don't get ALL of my news from the metaphorical Rachel so I know that the issue is not what he said, but what he did. by Ponderer on March 14, 2025 9:55 am What did he do? Cough it up, you stupid, idiotic moron... by Curt_Anderson on March 14, 2025 9:56 am I don’t know what Khalil said, it may have been antisemitic or not, he may have praised Hamas or not, but it doesn’t matter. I believe in the first amendment and the concept of protected speech. The first amendment is designed to protect unpopular speech. We do not need a first amendment to allow someone to say “nice weather we’re having Mrs. McGillicuddy!“. The point of this post is that the Trump administration so far has not been able to cite a single crime that Khalil committed. As pointed out by the NPR reporter, Trump riled up a crowd that subsequently became violent and unruly. As for Khalil supposedly offering words of support for Hamas, Trump has offered his personal praise and support for despots, dictators and other enemies of America. by HatetheSwamp on March 14, 2025 10:16 am po, He led violent antisemitic protests. Now, I get it that qualifies him for canonization for Donna and you but it's enough to get him expelled. by Ponderer on March 14, 2025 10:43 am "He led violent antisemitic protests." -Hate And of course, no he didn't. He didn't do any such thing. You are such a fuckinggoddamned liar, Sloat. It literally sickens me how big of a fuckingliar you are. You got nothing. You fuckingasshole bald-faced liar. by HatetheSwamp on March 14, 2025 11:21 am po, You are omniscient, as we know. However, that rube Secretary of State who's fixin to expel him says he did. by oldedude on March 14, 2025 12:13 pm Mahmoud Khalil was born in Syria in 1995 to Palestinian refugees. He left Syria for Lebanon when he turned 18, two years after the onset of the Syrian civil war. [So far, "maybe" one "yellow" flag*] As a student, he interned for a United Nations relief agency that supports Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.(This is the same group that was ousted out of Gaza by the Israelis because the group was bringing in weapons, ammunition, and munitions. This is a pretty big "red Flag.") [I would have to see the background information on him.] Government officials have informally accused Khalil of leading "activities aligned with Hamas"; the government has not publicly provided any evidence of this claim. [First, you don't need to be charged with a crime to lose your green card. The information from UNRWA may have been enough to deport him depending on his links to the group.] *a fact that is "of interest," but in itself is not an issue. en.wikipedia.org Go To Top

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