Mahmoud Khalil arrest: step towards the end of free speech in the US? | TV shows
Redi Tlhabi discusses the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and the greater influence with his lawyer and students of the University of Columbia
The Pro-Palestinian activist and graduate college of Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, arrested American immigration and customs execution this week for helping the protest at the University of Gaza Gaza. Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the US, is held in detention in Louisiani and faces deportation. The arrest is part of Trump’s directives around anti -Semitism at the college campuses, also claimed: “This is the first [arrest] of many who come. “
The move sent shock waves throughout the United States with critics raising an alarm to the erosion of constitutional rights. So how much will Trump’s breakthrough of free speech go?
This week on In advanceRadi Tlhabi spoke with legal advisor Mahmoud Khalil Ramzi Kassem and journalism students at Columbia Tamara Turki.