Jewish students at Georgetown are campaigning for their professor
The case against Khalil: the secretary of state and student protests in the U.S. Senate Department of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State
The case against Khalil rests on a single letter from the secretary of state, according to his attorneys.
The Department of Homeland Security released their evidence against Khalil after an immigration judge ordered them to do so at a hearing on Tuesday.
The Trump administration is trying to deport the 30-year-old who played a prominent role in campus protests last year. She will decide on Friday if Khalil can be deported or freed.
Khalid’s case is going on multiple routes. While an immigration judge considers the evidence against him, Khalid’s lawyers are also challenging his March 8 detention in federal court in New Jersey.
He believes that the Secretary of State can personally order the deportation of people who are in the U.S., under a statute from the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952.
Lawmakers changed the law in 1990 to make it more difficult to deport foreigners who have “beliefs, statements or associations” in the US.
Free speech advocates argue the administration is violating the Constitution by targeting immigrants for their activism and their political beliefs. Some students and scholars who have been arrested have challenged their arrests on constitutional grounds.
In a hearing Friday at the remote Louisiana detention center where Khalil is being held, Judge Jamee Comans said she had no authority to question Rubio’s determination.
Pinto said that despite these differences, the signers felt aligned on the question of Suri’s detention. Pinto said that they agree that the revocation of student and work visas is a violation of civil liberties and creates a climate of fear.
Emma Pinto is a signer and first year law student at Georgetown where she was disturbed by the administration post of “Shalom Mahmoud” on X. This reinforces the antisemitic stereotype that Jews have too much power in society.
The Georgetown letter was published a day after the Trump administration gave their case for detaining the activist who is accused of providing support to Hamas. The administration’s rationale largely rests on allegations of antisemitism and “disruptive activities.”
“To justify this incursion by the federal government to come in and snatch individuals up from their communities…this does nothing for our safety,” said Jonathan Mendoza, a student in the Master’s in Democracy & Governance program who signed the public letter.
It also comes two days after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it will begin screening immigrants’ social media for evidence of antisemitic activity.
NPR reached out to the administration for comment on the letter’s assertion — that the prominent detentions and deportation threats weaponize antisemitism. It’s absurd to think that revoking visas of people who back terrorists will make Jewish students less safe, according to 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465.
Suri’s lawyers deny that he has spread propaganda, and accuse the Trump administration of retaliating against Suri and his wife for their support for Palestinians and ties to Gaza.
Department of Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said on X: “Suri was a foreign exchange student at Georgetown University actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media. Suri has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas.”
“You might find all protest for Palestine antisemitic,” said Pinto. But, “You also agree that detaining people and sowing fear in a community is not the way.”
