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Mahmoud Khalil's arrest is a shanda for democracy (and, yes, for Jews)

JL;DR SUMMARY Rob Eshman critiques the Trump administration's arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and green card holder, highlighting the broader implications for democracy and constitutional rights in the United States. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationJewish ExperienceNational SecurityCampus AntisemitismCivil LibertiesUs PoliticsConstitutional RightsDue ProcessMahmoud KhalilArbitrariness

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"Demonstrators outside of a New York court protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and recent Columbia graduate who played a role in pro-Palestinian protests at the university, on March 12."
Louisiana, United States
"who ICE agents arrested last weekend at his university-owned apartment and carted off to a detention facility in Louisiana has a constitutional right to due process."
California, United States
"Im much more hawkish than a lot of people, Professor Jonathan Zasloff, a professor of law at UCLA, said in a telephone interview."
Syria
"Khalil, who is 30 and was born in Syria to a Palestinian family, had been swept up and whisked away by law enforcement agents, my first reaction was: Here they go again."

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