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That's what happened to Mahmoud Khalil [0]. Khalil has not been charged as a criminal. He was moved from New York to a detention center in Louisiana. Secretary

That's what happened to Mahmoud Khalil [0]. Khalil has not been charged as a criminal. He was moved from New York to a detention center in Louisiana. Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a memo saying Khalil is a risk and could not stay in the US. A Louisiana immigration judge ruled that she could not overrule Rubio's decision. There is no reason to think the current Administration will not continue to use this tactic. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Mahmoud_Khalil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Mahmoud_Khalil

TYPE_FASTER 1y ago
Secretary of State Rubio has indeed issued a memo regarding the administration's desire to deport Mohsen Mahdawi: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/nyregion/rubio-mahdawi-deportation-letter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/nyregion/rubio-mahdawi-de...
vorpalhex 1y ago
This is factually correct but potentially misleading. It does not require a criminal act nor a criminal trial to deport someone. If you take a public stance - on social media, on recorded speeches in public, whatever - that supports an FTO (Foreign Terrorist Organization), you can be deported. This includes Hamas (but it has to be Hamas, not Palestine. "Free Palestine" - fine. Posting martyrdom photos of terrorists, calling for the killing of Jews or the destruction of Israel, giving out Hamas propaganda, etc - not fine.) Prior to citizenship, you can't be imprisoned for your speech but you can be denied citizenship or a visa for it. That may mean - as is often the case - you may be facing a prison sentence in your home country. If you say, rape a 14 year old, flee to the US and declare asylum, and then get deported because you were still actively involved with an FTO or engaged in other crimes, then you get to go back home and to the prison sentence you were originally going to face before fleeing.

TYPE_FASTER 1y ago

Secretary of State Rubio has indeed issued a memo regarding the administration's desire to deport Mohsen Mahdawi: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/nyregion/rubio-mahdawi-deportation-letter.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/nyregion/rubio-mahdawi-de...

vorpalhex 1y ago

This is factually correct but potentially misleading. It does not require a criminal act nor a criminal trial to deport someone. If you take a public stance - on social media, on recorded speeches in public, whatever - that supports an FTO (Foreign Terrorist Organization), you can be deported. This includes Hamas (but it has to be Hamas, not Palestine. "Free Palestine" - fine. Posting martyrdom photos of terrorists, calling for the killing of Jews or the destruction of Israel, giving out Hamas propaganda, etc - not fine.) Prior to citizenship, you can't be imprisoned for your speech but you can be denied citizenship or a visa for it. That may mean - as is often the case - you may be facing a prison sentence in your home country. If you say, rape a 14 year old, flee to the US and declare asylum, and then get deported because you were still actively involved with an FTO or engaged in other crimes, then you get to go back home and to the prison sentence you were originally going to face before fleeing.