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Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs [View all]
Last edited Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:42 PM - Edit history (1)
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
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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
Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-04-10T18:37:52.701Z
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.
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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"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
"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil"
— Adil Haque (@adhaque.bsky.social) 2025-04-10T18:13:25.310Z
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
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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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