Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
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Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).

The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.

April 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lmi5l4xubs2i

Adil Haque
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"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil"

"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."

Free this man immediately.

https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-trump-c60738368171289ae43177660def8d34

Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM

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Here's the memo. It's not in a scannable form.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25894225-dhs-documents-mahmoud-khalil/#document/p1
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At Litigation Tracker, this is Mahmoud Khalil v. William P. Joyce et al. (D.N.J.)
Case no. 2:25-cv-01963 (formerly S.D.N.Y. Case No. 1:25-cv-01935)

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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[Demovictory9]

1. Rubio is the right hand of fascism now.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Even aliens are entitled to First Amendment rights

[Biophilic]

3. Wow, I simply can't believe an American would say that.

We don’t have to physically act on them, nor even speak them, but simply have a thought in our minds to be declared a terrorist and a danger and traitor to our country. How does one even begin understanding someone saying this?

[Tadpole Raisin]

4. Soon, if not already, 1st amendment rights will only be 'approved'

for those who support Herr Fuhrer the Chump.

Watching for SCOTUS to agree that technically no non us born citizen has first amendment rights and leave a little window open for further restrictions.

I’m sure there is some obscure ruling from the 1600s witch burning judge which will support that position while pretending that hundreds of rulings of the opposite position don’t apply or even exist.

We’re not far away from that possibility.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Deported for our beliefs. THOUGHT POLICE. Right out of Orwell, 1984.

[intheflow]

6. Okay, so how does this claim stand against the government's earlier admission his deportation was a "clerical error"?

Sudden, two weeks after they human trafficked him out of the country Rubio signs some bullshit about being deported for thought crimes? Nice try, but no.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. I think you're thinking of Garcia et al. v. Noem et al. This is Mahmoud Khalil v. William P. Joyce et al.

At Litigation Tracker, this is Mahmoud Khalil v. William P. Joyce et al. (D.N.J.)
Case no. 2:25-cv-01963 (formerly S.D.N.Y. Case No. 1:25-cv-01935)

Garcia is Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Md.)
Case No. 8:25-cv-00951

And good afternoon.

[intheflow]

8. You are of course correct.

Thanks for the correction/clarification!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. De nada. I spend a lot of time looking up this stuff.

The addresses autofill after a few characters. I post mostly in the Civil Liberties forum.

The worst is yet to come.