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| A person holds a sign during a protest following the arrest of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters The Guardian |
ACLU warns pro-Palestinian activist's arrest meant 'to intimidate and chill speech'
The Trump administration’s decision to have immigration authorities arrest pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil for alleged support of Hamas is an attack on free speech, the American Civil Liberties Union warned.
“This arrest is unprecedented, illegal, and un-American,” said Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.
“The federal government is claiming the authority to deport people with deep ties to the U.S. and revoke their green cards for advocating positions that the government opposes. To be clear: the first amendment protects everyone in the US. The government’s actions are obviously intended to intimidate and chill speech on one side of a public debate. The government must immediately return Mr Khalil to New York, release him back to his family and reverse course on this discriminatory policy.”
‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activist
Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil a ‘targeted, retaliatory’ attack on his first amendment rights, say civil rights groups https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil-reactions
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