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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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On today’s episode of The Dispatch Podcast, Sarah Isgur, Michael Warren, Steve Hayes, and David French discuss the battle for the First Amendment. Should Columbia University student protester Mahmoud Khalil be deported over speech? The Agenda: —Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest raises 1A concerns —Shout F.I.R.E and deport Charlie Cooke —How much economic pain will Trump tolerate? —Steve Hayes hardest hit from Spanish wine tariffs —De Gaulle was right —NWYT: secret videotaping and crying children Show Notes: —Trump's Polk painting —Jonah Goldberg: Free Speech Rites —Nick Catoggio: Lesser Evils The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and regular livestreams—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here, let me make it more dramatic.
0:03.9	Yes, there we go.
0:15.8	Welcome to the Dispatch podcast.
0:17.7	I'm Sarah Isker.
0:18.9	That's Steve Hayes.
0:20.2	Oh, David French and Mike Warren, what a treat.
0:25.1	We're going to start off with the funnest topic, deporting people we don't like. Over the weekend,
0:30.6	Columbia graduate student Mahmood Khalil was arrested by federal immigration officials and faced with deportation for his ties to the anti-Israel demonstrations and encampments last spring on Columbia's campus.
0:44.8	White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt stated, quote,
0:48.5	This administration is not going to tolerate individuals having the privilege of studying in our country and then
0:54.6	siding with pro-terrorist organizations that have killed Americans.
0:59.0	Khalil's arrest has faced major backlash, as you might imagine, with many arguing that his
1:03.1	detention and the potential revocation of his green card and permanent visa status in the
1:08.2	United States violates the First Amendment. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression said, quote, the government hasn't stated the legal basis for its
1:16.5	actions, and it has put out statements suggesting Mr. Khalil is being targeted because of his
1:21.2	constitutionally protected speech. This is America. The administration must not use immigration
1:26.6	enforcement to punish and filter out
1:28.3	ideas disfavored by the government or deny due process to anyone facing arrest and detention.
1:33.8	Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded to the allegations of anti-free speech actions with this.
1:39.3	If you tell us, hi, I'm trying to get into the United States on a student visa. I am a big supporter of Hamas,
1:44.8	a murderous, barbaric group. And if you tell us when you apply for your visa, and by the way,
1:49.2	I intend to come to your country as a student and rile up all kinds of anti-Jewish student,
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