Judge says Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can't be deported from U.S. as protesters call for his release
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The Columbia University grad, who helped organize the school’s pro-Palestinian rallies, was detained Saturday night and told his student visa was being revoked, his attorney said.

Summary

A federal judge blocked the removal of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from the U.S. after his arrest by ICE.

Khalil, a Columbia University graduate who helped organize pro-Palestinian protests, was arrested Saturday by ICE agents who claimed his visa was revoked for supporting Hamas.

The Trump administration continues to claim he violated an executive order prohibiting anti-Semitism, though no evidence was provided. Protesters in NYC demand his release, calling the arrest unconstitutional.

His location remains unclear. The ACLU and immigrant rights groups argue the detention violates free speech, warning it sets a dangerous precedent.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Some have said he’s a naturalized citizen

    I’m sure that he’s not. It’s established case law that (a) US citizen cannot be denied entry to the US and (b) that a legitimately-granted citizenship cannot subsequently be constitutionally revoked by the government; revocation must be voluntary. Like, this wouldn’t be an argument were it not.

    kagis

    https://time.com/7266683/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-green-card/

    What To Know About Mahmoud Khalil, and Why His Green Card Was Revoked

    Yeah. If you have a green card, you’re on the path to citizenship…but you do not yet have citizenship.

    EDIT: WRT my above statement:

    SCOTUS ruling that involuntary removal of citizenship is unconstitutional: Afroyim v. Rusk.

    Holding: Congress has no power under the Constitution to revoke a person’s U.S. citizenship unless he voluntarily relinquishes it.

    As a consequence of revised policies adopted in 1990 by the United States Department of State, it is now (in the words of one expert) “virtually impossible to lose American citizenship without formally and expressly renouncing it.”[5]

    His wife is a citizen.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Khalil_(activist)

    At the time of his arrest, Khalil’s wife, an American citizen…

    However, SCOTUS has ruled that the right of a US citizen to enter the United States does not extend to a non-citizen spouse:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-says-u-s-citizens-don-t-have-right-to-bring-noncitizen-spouses-to-u-s/ar-BB1oFzGW