“If Mahmoud can be targeted in this way, simply for speaking out for Palestinians and exercising his constitutionally protected right to free speech, this can happen to anyone,” one of his lawyers warned.

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    Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich noted that “Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.” “That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy,” he added. “If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?”

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