Democrats Face Backlash for Supporting Arrested Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

On 3/13/2025 at 8:06 PM, Chomper Higgot said:

Democrats support the rule of law under the Constitution.

 

 

Fixed it.

Democrats support the rule of law under the Constitution*

 

*Except when it comes to the Second Amendment 

[Bkk Brian]

Sorry Dems, another one just kicked out. Bye............

 

Deported Brown University doctor acknowledged she attended Hezbollah leader’s funeral on visit to Lebanon, source says

A Brown University assistant professor and doctor was deported over the weekend from Boston to Lebanon after federal agents found photos of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran’s supreme leader on her cell phone, a source familiar with the case told CNN.

Following Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s return Thursday from a visit to Lebanon, federal agents at Boston Logan International Airport found the photos, the source familiar said. It was not immediately clear why officers were examining her phone.

The existence of the photos was outlined in a court filing Monday obtained by CNN affiliate WCVB. “In explaining why these multiple photos were deleted by her one to two days before she arrived at Logan Airport, Dr. Alawieh stated that she did not want to give authorities the perception that she supports Hezbollah and the Ayatollah politically or militarily,” the filing reads, per WCVB.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/17/us/brown-university-doctor-deported-hnk/index.html

[placnx]

On 3/16/2025 at 8:28 PM, mrwebb8825 said:

and I guess your poor reading skills missed the part about "Due Process".

 

Due Process:

"Khalil has been ordered to appear in front of an immigration judge on March 27 at the Lasalle Detention Facility in Louisiana."

 

They are going to need people like you this spring/summer in the cherry orchards.

The Trump administration moved him to Lousiana so that any appeal of a Federal judge blocking deportation would be reviewed by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. It is the most reactionary appeals court in Amerika.

[Eloquent pilgrim]

3 minutes ago, placnx said:

The Trump administration moved him to Lousiana so that any appeal of a Federal judge blocking deportation would be reviewed by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. It is the most reactionary appeals court in Amerika.

 

Great, and when are they going to move him to Amerika ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

4 hours ago, NickyLouie said:

 

hopefully she went thru female circumcision as per Allah's wishes 

 

 

 

Looks like they may have missed the genitalia with the procedure ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

[stevenl]

On 3/18/2025 at 12:33 PM, placnx said:

The Trump administration moved him to Lousiana so that any appeal of a Federal judge blocking deportation would be reviewed by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. It is the most reactionary appeals court in Amerika.

Seems the judiciary agrees.

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, stevenl said:

Seems the judiciary agrees.

That’s not what the Judiciary agrees.

 

The court ruling is his case shall be heard in the jurisdiction where he was at the time his appeal to the court was submitted.

 

He was at the time in NJ.

[mogandave]

He’ll be much happier back home in Syria. 

[coolcarer]

He’s got himself a great fanboys club of Hamas supporters. Sad <deleted> , Of course then theres the obligatory posters who insist on pointing out his rights..........😴

 

OUTRAGEOUS: At a rally for Mahmoud Khalil, a protester was spotted wearing a PFLP headband—a blatant show of support for terrorism.

 

 

 

[NickyLouie]

Mossad should have a few words with him once off the prying eyes of US soil 

 

 

 

[bunnydrops]

On 3/14/2025 at 8:01 AM, JonnyF said:

It's amazing how consistently the Dems get it wrong. It's pretty much on every issue. 😄

 

On the plus side, it's exactly this type of stance that ensures the GOP will get the many terms they need to Make America Great Again. 

 

"Thinking is difficult, that is why most people judge." Carl Jung

[Evil Penevil]

1 hour ago, NickyLouie said:

Mossad should have a few words with him once off the prying eyes of US soil 

 

That raises an interesting question- Where would Mahmoud Khalil be sent if he were deported from the U.S. ?  He is a citizen of Algeria, but no one has yet explained how and when he got Algerian citizenship.   All the reports I've read have said he was born and raised in Syria, then went to Lebanon for his university education and after that worked in Syria and Lebanon until he went to the U.S.  

 

What's his connection to Algeria?  Syrian law doesn't allow Palestinians to become citizens of Syria except in very rare cases.  Presumably he would be entitled to Palestinian citizenship because his parents were Palestinians, but there's no indication he has ever been to Palestine or made any attempt to formalize citizenship there.  

 

Would Algeria take him?  If Algeria refused, where would he be sent?

[stevenl]

12 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

That’s not what the Judiciary agrees.

 

The court ruling is his case shall be heard in the jurisdiction where he was at the time his appeal to the court was submitted.

 

He was at the time in NJ.

Yes, so the judiciary agreed that was a blatant attempt by the administration to circumvent the rule of law. As the poster i replied to and i said.

[Bkk Brian]

12 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Yes, so the judiciary agreed that was a blatant attempt by the administration to circumvent the rule of law. As the poster i replied to and i said.

No that's not what the judiciary agreed. That's you making stuff up again. Expected from you of course, pity you can't even get the judicial points correct.

 

Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan ruled that New Jersey was the appropriate venue since Khalil was first detained there when his legal team filed the lawsuit.

https://www.newsweek.com/khalil-deportation-judge-rules-new-venue-he-releases-jail-letter-2047315

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

Looks like loser Trump is getting owned by the courts and the loser is hopefully going to see this particular travesty make him look like a fool.

[Bkk Brian]

Columbia is reaping what it sowed.

 

They got schooled: ‘Columbia cherry-picked students who were really, really, really into social justice activism’

Ever wonder why there was a sleeper cell of pro-Hamas Columbia students ready to bang drums, pitch tents and smash windows after the attacks of October 7? Because the university consciously stacked its classes full of activists.

Elite colleges have long combed their enormous pool of applicants for social justice warriors passionate about community activism.

That admissions strategy backfired spectacularly when kids decided to turn their ire on the university itself in the name of the Palestinians. The result has been reputational damage and crippling federal budget cuts.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/18/us-news/columbia-in-chaos-after-seeking-out-social-justice-activists/

[Evil Penevil]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Looks like loser Trump is getting owned by the courts and the loser is hopefully going to see this particular travesty make him look like a fool.

 

Mahmoud Khalil also has a bunch of tough questions to answer that could not just make him look foolish but guilty as well.  If he obtained or has claimed Algerian citizenship fraudulently, that is prima facie grounds for revoking his green card.  

 

Question abound about his participation in the Master' s Program at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.  His academic background was light years short of the usual requirements for admission to an elite institution like SIPA.   Did Columbia waive the requirements for him?  If so, why so?  In what specific program was he enrolled?  What courses did he take and what grades did he get?

 

Khalil seems to have obtained his Green Card faster than  his normal.  His application would be based on his marriage to Noor Abdalla, a U.S. citizen.  The Reuters interview  with Abdalla ( https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wife-arrested-columbia-student-says-she-was-naive-believe-he-was-secure-2025-03-12/) says they were married in 2023 and he got his Green Card in 2024.  Where and when were they married?   When did they apply for his Green Card?  When was it granted?

 

In this Reuters' photo, Abdalla is holding a picture  taken on their wedding day.  Where and when was the wedding photo taken?  

 

 

Where and when was this photo taken?

 

Second and third pics from https://www.es.amnesty.org/actua/acciones/eeuu-mahmoud-khalil-mar25/

 

Another huge question is to what degree he was a leader of Columbia University Apartheid Divest.  The rhetoric on the CUAD SubStack is totally  pro-Hamas and blatantly antisemitic. The posts use the terminology of Hamas and seem to have been written by someone who's not a native speaker of English.  https://cuapartheiddivest.substack.com/

 

Moreover, members of CUAD passed  out official Hamas pamphlets at the recent takeover of a building at Barnard College where Khalil was present.  White House Press Secretary Karroline Leavitt said Khalil distributed the pamphlets.

 

Many questions, but few answers so far.