Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸<p>Mahmoud Khalil says his arrest was part of ‘Columbia’s repression playbook’</p><p>Green-card holder and activist led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now fighting Trump effort to deport him <br> <br>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGuardian</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Guardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guardian</span></a><br>Edward Helmore<br>Sat 5 Apr 2025 18.17 EDT </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a>, the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> University student activist who led campus pro-<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> rallies and is now resisting the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration’s deportation efforts, has accused the university of laying “the groundwork for my abduction” and called on the student body to continue demonstrations and protests. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/05/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendAcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" 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