One Thing: Can You Be Deported for What You Say?

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🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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A Trump administration effort to deport prominent Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has sparked fear on college campuses across the country that other international students could be targeted for their views. A year after student protests unsettled the nation, we look at the new administration’s moves on college campuses and hear from someone worried even US citizens could soon be caught up in the crackdown. Guests: Belinda Davis, Rutgers University Professor of History Have a tip or question about the new Trump administration? Call us at 202-240-2895. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.4	Let's make say say we all right!
1:13.6	On Wednesday morning, I made my way to the US courth. courthouse in Lower Manhattan. A sizable crowd had gathered in a plaza across the street. Some had brought signs, some were wearing kefias,
1:23.6	Palestinian flags were waving in the wind. And one man's name was ringing out over and over.
1:34.3	Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in a U.S. immigration detention facility in Louisiana
1:41.3	following his first court appearance on Wednesday.
1:44.2	Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by ICE agents acting on a state department order to revoke his green card.
1:51.3	President Trump goes on to say, quote, this is the first arrest of many to come.
1:55.9	People I spoke to outside the courthouse like Colombia alum Nas Issa say, this moment should scare everyone.
2:03.2	I mean, it doesn't begin and end with people who are protesting against the genocide that's
2:08.5	happening in Gaza, people who are protesting for Palestinian rights. And that's why it's even more
2:12.9	important for us to fight back against it. Have you heard from anybody who is like, this is just not a moment where I can be out?
2:20.0	You know, it's just a little too scary at this point?
2:23.1	At Columbia, I've heard from students who are afraid to go to class, are afraid to go on
2:26.7	campus.
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