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The arrest and detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped lead the protests at Columbia University as a graduate student last year, is utterly outrageous and un-American.

We must call this what it is: forced disappearance for nothing more than constitutionally protected speech. It is a clear assault on First Amendment rights.

If you agree, please add your name to mine to demand that Mahmoud Khalil be released. We cannot be silent in the face of such a blatant act of authoritarianism.

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According to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, this is just the start of their efforts to revoke student visas and green cards without due process.

The Trump Administration wants to target anyone who takes part in pro-Palestinian organizing — claiming that is anti-semitic or pro-Hamas.

This is an early step in trying to quash and silence dissent. If they can make people too afraid to speak up or protest, just imagine what they will be able to get away with.

They want government workers to be too afraid to blow the whistle. They want universities to fear that their funding is on the line if they do not fall in line. They want Mahmoud Khalil must be released and allowed due process.

Please add your name to demand the Trump administration stop violating the Constitution and release Mahmoud Khalil today.

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Thank you in advance for speaking up and adding your voice to mine.

In solidarity,

Ilhan Omar
 


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