Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for plucky misfits and problem solvers.

I'm your host, Andrew Heaton.

And today we're going to talk about the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, which began with this post from President Trump on Truth Social.

Quote, following my previously signed executive orders, ICE proudly apprehended and detained Mahmood Khalil, a radical foreign pro-Hamas student on the campus of

Columbia University. This is the first arrest of many to come. We know there are more students

at Columbia and other universities across the country who have engaged in pro-terrorist,

anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump administration will not tolerate it.

Many are not students. They are

paid agitators. We will find apprehend and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our country,

never to return again. If you support terrorism, including the slaughtering of innocent men,

women and children, your presence is contrary to our national and foreign policy interests,

and you are not welcome here.

We expect every one of America's colleges and universities to comply. Thank you. End quote.

It's a topic which touches on several big societal issues. Can permanent residents be deported

for hate speech, for anti-American sentiment? Should they be?

Where is the bright line between protected speech versus incitement, trespassing, intimidation?

When do we, as a nation, quit scrutinizing prospective American citizens on whether or not we want

them to become American.

On my end, I am inclined to look at this issue in light of free speech, and my position on free speech is one of the great things about America is that you get to say and believe unpopular,

stupid, or even hateful things. There are no gatekeepers for

acceptable opinion here north of the wall amongst the wildlings. Permanent

residents do not get to vote or own firearms, I don't think, but they are

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