Look I know I got my issues but why do you guys keep talking to the modern everyday Nazi fascists on here? They're just gross horrible people and they're going to make you frustrated cuz they are only capable of getting worse
This is an amazing clip. I give the host credit for trying. This is exactly what it is like trying to get answers from the likes of @Greenman @pcgeek11 @FelixDeCatI listened to this in the car this morning waiting for a train to pass. NPR asking DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar about the detainment and probable deportation of lawful permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil. It was a pathetic display of refusing to answer literally any questions and misstating facts repeatedly after being corrected. It's five minutes of pure Republicanism. @Greenman and @pcgeek11 , this is how it's done.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s...scusses-arrest-of-protest-leader-deportations
That's odd.@FelixDeCat it looks like Trump most likely gave thousands of workers a paid vacation on your dime.
Judge appears likely to grant request to reinstate thousands of fired probationary workers
“Move fast, fine. Break things? If that involves breaking the law, then that becomes problematic,” U.S. District Judge James Bredar said at the hearing.www.nbcnews.com
Do you have thoughts? I mean this is more free federal money than any Democrat has given.
They may have to let him stay in the US.This is an amazing clip. I give the host credit for trying. This is exactly what it is like trying to get answers from the likes of @Greenman @pcgeek11 @FelixDeCat
Just talking in circles, never answering the question until the clock runs out.
This is classic tutorial how the right wing fakes out the stupid.
So their ‘cost cutting’ is really just free paid vacations for people.That's odd.
Yeah, I don't think so. Maybe president Newsom will try it but that is years away.So their ‘cost cutting’ is really just free paid vacations for people.
Probably best to start actually saving money by firing all the DOGE clowns. After that we should open criminal investigations into all of them as it’s likely they’ve broken enough federal laws to merit a lengthy prison sentence.
Agree?
That's corruption though - aren't you against that? They've pretty obviously broken numerous federal laws and should be held accountable the same as anyone else.Yeah, I don't think so. Maybe president Newsom will try it but that is years away.
I don't see it that way. For now we need to come together as Americans and embrace austerity, which I've been hoping for decades would happen.That's corruption though - aren't you against that? They've pretty obviously broken numerous federal laws and should be held accountable the same as anyone else.
Agree?
Okay so when people break laws on behalf of the president and then the president chooses not to enforce those laws against the perpetrators what do you consider it?I don't see it that way.
To be clear what is happening is a very clear, plain letter violation of the Constitution and federal law. This is not even remotely in dispute.For now we need to come together as Americans and embrace austerity, which I've been hoping for decades would happen.
Right now the process is underway and a futile effort by naysayers will be futile at this time.
The strong believer in the constitution is too busy talking about anything else other than people being thrown in jail for saying the wrong thing.Man I thought for sure Greenman was going to come back to this thread.
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1) For the purposes of this guy that is basically wrong because the state department has zero possibility of showing that. It’s basically asking if he could be deported if he murdered someone. Sure! He didn’t though.Question about Mahmoud Khalil deportation proceedings.
8 USC 1227(a)(4)(B):
Any alien who-
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(VII) endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization;
Hamas was designated a terrorist organization in 1997 by the US: https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/
For me it is fairly clear that if the Department of State successfully argues that his activities/protests "persuades others to support a terrorist organization (Hamas)", then he is deportable under current US law. Am I reading this wrong?
Has he earned your vote?Yeah, I don't think so. Maybe president Newsom will try it but that is years away.
You are so magnificently stupid it's a sight to behold. Just one of the dumbest of fucks on the whole of the internet.I don't see it that way. For now we need to come together as Americans and embrace austerity, which I've been hoping for decades would happen.
Right now the process is underway and a futile effort by naysayers will be futile at this time.
Why is it zero? He was a leader of a protest that glorified Hamas a designated terrorist organization.1) For the purposes of this guy that is basically wrong because the state department has zero possibility of showing that. It’s basically asking if he could be deported if he murdered someone. Sure! He didn’t though.
I am not sure about that because as a green card holder he is a guest of the US. From what I have read his actions during the demonstration clearly supported a terrorist organization(Hamas). While a full US citizen would have 1st amendment protection, a green card holder isn't protected the same because they are essentially a guest and the US can deport under the law for something that a US citizen would be protected for as free speech.2) We should keep in mind that when they say ‘persuade someone’ they don’t mean ‘say something where someone might decide to join Hamas’. (Obviously the first amendment would prohibit this) It means running a Hamas recruitment center or something similar.
3) the state department refuses to even say what its basis for this action is.
4) Even if he were guilty there is a legal process that must be followed that the state department is not following. (Probably because they know they will lose)
Just pure lawless intimidation from beginning to end.
I am not sure about that because as a green card holder he is a guest of the US. From what I have read his actions during the demonstration clearly supported a terrorist organization(Hamas). While a full US citizen would have 1st amendment protection, a green card holder isn't protected the same because they are essentially a guest and the US can deport under the law for something that a US citizen would be protected for as free speech.
Saying nice things about Hamas is not even in the same zip code as persuading someone to join it. He could have run a ‘Hamas is awesome’ rally and that would still probably not come close to enough.Why is it zero? He was a leader of a protest that glorified Hamas a designated terrorist organization.
I am not sure about that because as a green card holder he is a guest of the US. From what I have read his actions during the demonstration clearly supported a terrorist organization(Hamas). While a full US citizen would have 1st amendment protection, a green card holder isn't protected the same because they are essentially a guest and the US can deport under the law for something that a US citizen would be protected for as free speech.
I am interested to see what comes up during the legal proceedings and from everything I have seen, he will get his day in court.
How are they not following the legal process? Has he been deported yet?
Visa holders have significantly fewer first amendment protections than citizens but green card holders enjoy most of the same protections with VERY limited exceptions.I don't think that is correct. The 1st amendment makes no mention of citizenship. 1st amendment is a restriction on congress, not a granting of rights to the people.
Saying nice things about Hamas is not even in the same zip code as persuading someone to join it. He could have run a ‘Hamas is awesome’ rally and that would still probably not come close to enough.
I personally doubt he will see his day in court because the administration will lose. The more likely answer is the Secretary of State does an end run around the courts and declares him a foreign policy threat.
If you’re interested in learning more you can read this article. In short though this is a direct attack on the first amendment with the goal of stifling dissent.
How to Lose a Green Card
Green card holders like Columbia University’s Mahmoud Khalil are entitled to due process before having their permanent residency taken away.www.lawfaremedia.org
Also this is good to listen to - their case is so weak that when asked repeatedly what he did to merit arrest and deportation the state department can’t answer.
Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social)
Repeatedly pressed to explain what *Khalil* did to merit deportation, the Department of Homeland Security just has no response other than to say he's a scapegoat. "Have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear." [contains quote post or other embedded content]bsky.app
I don’t think there’s a transcript anywhere, no. Regardless though saying nice things about Hamas is every green card holder’s right under the Constitution.I have that awkward question to ask....
Is there are record of all the guys statements about Hamas? Or is it the typical "Guy supports Palestine therefore he must be Hamas supporter" thing that is popular amongst the popular kids.
I'm a bit of transcript aficionado and I'm looking for some quality reading material.
A good analogy here as to why praising Hamas is not even remotely close to enough is how the same guy could say ‘I’m going to kill every Jew in the world’ and he would be entirely within his rights and immune from government sanction for it.
It would be a repulsive thing to say and something he should be condemned for, but it’s also something that’s 100% within his rights to say.