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Why Trump’s Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil Is Perfectly Legal, With Ilya Shapiro
The Manhattan Institute scholar helps Liel make sense of immigration law and the justification for booting out Hamas-supporting foreign nationals
March 12, 2025
Last Saturday, ICE agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born Palestinian who was one of the leaders behind the yearlong “tentifada” in Columbia University. Khalil and his group have repeatedly expressed their support for Hamas and other terrorist organizations, a violation of U.S. immigration law. Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, joins Liel to explain why the act is completely legal, and why we shouldn’t fall for the bad faith argument that Khalil’s arrest is a free speech issue.
Rootless
Why Trump’s Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil Is Perfectly Legal, With Ilya Shapiro
The Manhattan Institute scholar helps Liel make sense of immigration law and the justification for booting out Hamas-supporting foreign nationals
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