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I asked an immigration attorney I trust and have had some dealings with whether the Mahmoud Khalil case represents scary territory. He said yes, it does.
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Really surprising. When I was in the US on a visa I had no fear I'd get in trouble for calling GWB all sorts of names. This is going to change the whole nature of the country if it stands as precedent
they thought he only had a visa, and made a huge mistake by going ahead with the arrest anyway despite realizing he had a green card. Green card holders have far more rights than visa holders, and are entitled to due process before their status can be revoked. Vague
Ask him about what happened in the Bush years. The War on Terror included not just the deportation but the detention and sometimes torture of green card holding foreign nationals. The pretext was they were lending "material support" to terrorist organizations. This included a few
If the US Government can go after permanent residents for what they determine are crime - it opens up all sorts of terrifying scenarios - political leaders can quietly (or not so quietly) approach the US to go after people they consider their enemies - people who may have escaped
Usually green cards are revoked because of a criminal conviction, but it looks like they are going after Khalil under a process for removing someone on the basis of national security concerns for involvement with terrorism. This is likely to proceed differently from other cases.
This sounds like splitting hairs to me. Did you ever apply for and get a green card? I have. Among other things you have to swear allegiance to the US and promise you’re not a terrorist sympathizer. This guy obviously broke the deal.
I think a lot of people are getting entangled in the nitty-gritty legality of these issues. As an immigrant, if you get deported, your life in the US is pretty much over and you'll be fighting government bureaucracy all your life. Even if some court rules against Trump, you are
So basically, this guy will be back out on the street soon and a hero to the Islamist and even grow in popularity and power and this whole thing will be a giant backfire. Before today, I didn’t even know who this guy was.
If Joe Biden had not introduced the unregulated "Dear Colleague" Title IX federal directive in 2011, none of this would have ever happened. But at Yale, Saifullah Khan (an Afghan refugee) was denied his due process rights and was threatened with ICE deportation for a sexual
I asked a barber if I needed a haircut. I was shocked! He said yes! Immigration attorney- his bread and butter is fighting US policy and laws!
If he was transferred to a facility in Louisiana, that's very interesting. It would seem that ICE bypassed the facilities in NJ/NY to avoid sanctuary states. Shrewd move.
I think it's more that people are not used to the strict and legal enforcement of our immigration laws. The lax enforcement of them especially during Biden was absolutely going to result in a big pendulum swing. Permanent residents have a lot of rules they have to follow
Well trot on over and have a conversation with the pregnant wife we have all heard about now via the press release and endless tweets. Ask her when they got married too. He’s superduper important.
I think the POTUS SHOULD be able to expel ANY non-citizen at ANY time for ANY reason, BECAUSE they're NOT citizens. I ALSO think Khalil shouldn't have EVER even been here because he's OBVIOUSLY NOT a useful addition to this country, but I STILL ALSO think he was protesting
Reading the attorney’s comments, he raises valid concerns but it seems to boil down to the fact that, so far, this man isn’t being held in the facilities that people have up until now usually been taken to when initially detained. New administration, perhaps new policies on where
They transferred him to Louisiana because that federal District Court is much more conservative. They’re trying to set a legal precedent.
Democratic members of congress harass a federal employee and ask if he was hired by Elon Musk if he is allowed to be there and accuses him of not being a qualified or an employee because he denies them entry into a building.
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A U.S. green card, which grants lawful permanent resident (LPR) status, can be lost or revoked for a variety of reasons. Losing a green card can have serious consequences, including deportation, so it’s important to understand the potential causes. Below are the most common
US code is crystal clear. Association with terrorists groups is grounds for green card revocation. Hamas is a declared terrorist group by US government. Very simple to understand. Besides the fact foreigners ought to not be the cause for police action in their host country.
Surely we don't need to give everyone bail and set them free on their own recognizance in the name of "due process." Lots of criminals get remanded waiting for their hearing. LPRs aren't entitled to better treatment than citizens when accused of collaborating with or otherwise
Aliens who come to this country as guests and use their time to agitate against western society should be deported regardless of any crimes committed
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Weird, because permanent resident status paper work specifically asks if you support communists, fascists or other extremist groups and ideologies. Seems like he lied on his paperwork.
It would seem that by the letter of the law Trump is well within his rights here.
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This is the strongest argument to that effect I've seen to date. x.com/adamgries/stat Not Khalil personally, but was spokesperson for an organization that arguably did. And USG will presumably argue it falls under (VII) in the event it goes to court.
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Well, that settles it. You should ask the "experts" what they think about "trans kids." The cowardice of the feigning "centrist," with a only-when-convenient "Jewish identity," is the most dangerous of them all.
Here we go again, they can't cite anything that was actually done but what "could" happen if Trump is a nazi, blah blah blah. This kid should not have come to the US to agitate for terrorists. And there is a whole list of his crimes, which are all real.
Its only scary for those who commit criminal acts, such as vocally supporting terrorist organizations, which is a criminal act and a reason to me deported as a visa holder or a green card holder.
Supporting the terrorist group Hamas and calling for the destruction of Western civilization is scary. Removing the person doing that is not.
Immigration attorneys are all scammers. Everything immigration related can be done on the USCIS website for free, other than the normal fees. They take advantage of immigrants who think they need a lawyer. I dealt with them for nearly 30 years and every single case was a scam.
When a green card holder (lawful permanent resident) is suspected of receiving money or other material support from a terrorist organization, they are subject to a different legal process than one who has committed ordinary criminal offenses, though they still maintain certain
You thought Democrats and their biased liberal media prostitutes who couldn’t even support a 13 yo cancer victim, or the mother of a violently murdered daughter, would have any qualms about cheerleading a violent antisemitic terrorist because…Orange Man bad? Oh sister! 🤷🏼‍♂️
Reform is 'unusual'. Change is 'scary'. A US President addressing national security concerns of the citizenry - 'unheard of!'
So its "unusual" "Scary" "unheard-of" "troubling" "very weird" "no good reason" and not what is done "normally" But no specific reason why its legally wrong. Sounds like innovation to me.
The problems is been going on for years. People coming to this country and well they learn how to do things to the point where they blow up towers. Recruit people to help them fight against the United States. This is the first time in a long time that they’ve actually move
If a green card holder is a subversive POS, the government can absolutely revoke that piece of paper👍 If said mini terrorist is abusing others he can also be arrested.
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Well it’s not scary, because we can still talk about it. Unlike when Joe Biden was President trying to jab everyone and silencing voices through soft power coercion.
"Very Scary Territory" Isn't that the point of terrorism that the dude supports by terrorizing students at the university? DEPORT NOW. We don't need the BS that leads to millions dead. There are no rules in war that the moron is trying to start.
I really don't care, Margaret. I don't want Hamas supporters here, and we can legally deport him, so we should. I hope it sets a precedent.
Scarier that we gave a green card to somebody displaying public support for designated terror orgs. Worth a post-mortem to figure out what red flags they may have missed in the immigration process.
IDK, I saw some compelling stuff about legislation on people associated with, and supporting, terrorist organizations. It's not the support for Palestine that gets him kicked out, but his support and aid of Hamas. And honestly, I hope my country will do a similar thing.
"scary territory." you and your fancy legal terms i keep suggesting people look at section 411 of the patriot act, b/c the new scary shiny-thing many aare complaining about has actually been the law for a long while regrettable? sure. but legal
Imagine what Trump would do if he had the power of a 🇬🇧 Home Secretary -as Shamina Begum & other ISIS cases - to strip native born citizens of their nationality if in the public good if they've a theoretical right to another citizenship due to ancestry (or the 🇮🇱right of return)
Immigration judges are part of the Executive Branch, appointed by the Attorney General. Thus, if Bondi wants this person gone, the judge, being an individual who owes his/her paycheck to the good graces of the AG, is going to find justification for shipping him out.
If you have a houseguest who begins behaving badly while benefitting from your hospitality, and it gets to a point that it disrupts your family, you kick them out of your house.
“He is less likely to find a sympathetic judge in Louisiana than he might be in New York or the District of Columbia. Regardless of where the case is initially brought, it may ultimately end up in the Supreme Court..” Alan Dershowitz
“The rules say right here we have to let the terrorists win, so let’s just lie down and let them kill us.” That sounds like some Biden-tier logic. Obama assassinated a US citizen (Anwar al-Awlaki) with a drone strike.
Considering his background and collusion with terrorist organizations AND that he is a guest here in the US, there's no scary territory here. It would be different if he were a US citizen.
Good analysis from your friend. It's quite clear it represents scary territory -- the government apparently claimed the authority to unilaterally revoke his green card, and probably did so based on his speech
Immigration lawyer here with 20 years in the field...I don't deal with this provision much (ie INA 237(a)(3)-deportability on security related grounds, I've dealt with a related provision, 212(a)(3), which applies to a different subset of the noncitizen population), but from my