Deporting Dissent: The Dangerous Precedent Set by the Persecution of Pro-Palestine Activists

“Rights are granted to those who align with power,” Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, eloquently wrote from his cell. This poignant statement came soon after a judge ruled that the government had met the legal threshold to deport the young activist on the nebulous ground of “foreign policy”. “For the poor, for people of color, [...]