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Dan, I want to get to something that we were kind of talking about before this started that I think I would love to get more of your opinion on. You got this kid. He's Mahmoud Khalil. He's a 30-year-old man. He was at the University of Columbia. He was a graduate student. He's now been detained by ICE because he is accused of being a Hamas sympathizer.
Dan, I want to get to something that we were kind of talking about before this started that I think I would love to get more of your opinion on. You got this kid. He's Mahmoud Khalil. He's a 30-year-old man. He was at the University of Columbia. He was a graduate student. He's now been detained by ICE because he is accused of being a Hamas sympathizer.
Dan, I want to get to something that we were kind of talking about before this started that I think I would love to get more of your opinion on. You got this kid. He's Mahmoud Khalil. He's a 30-year-old man. He was at the University of Columbia. He was a graduate student. He's now been detained by ICE because he is accused of being a Hamas sympathizer.
He's also accused of anti-Semitism by the DHS. It's a little unclear exactly what they are going to charge him with and on what grounds he's going to be deported, but to be clear... federal law does say that if you are a terrorist or a terrorist sympathizer, you don't have a right to be in this country.
He's also accused of anti-Semitism by the DHS. It's a little unclear exactly what they are going to charge him with and on what grounds he's going to be deported, but to be clear... federal law does say that if you are a terrorist or a terrorist sympathizer, you don't have a right to be in this country.
He's also accused of anti-Semitism by the DHS. It's a little unclear exactly what they are going to charge him with and on what grounds he's going to be deported, but to be clear... federal law does say that if you are a terrorist or a terrorist sympathizer, you don't have a right to be in this country.
But I want to get your take on this because you were telling me you were thinking about it really deeply. Yeah.
But I want to get your take on this because you were telling me you were thinking about it really deeply. Yeah.
But I want to get your take on this because you were telling me you were thinking about it really deeply. Yeah.
And I'm a little even more radical than that, Dan. I'll say even if it's not under federal law, I just think the government should be able to deport anyone on any grounds who's not a U.S. citizen. You have the right not to get killed or raped in this country if you're not a U.S. citizen, or you have human rights, but the only people that have a right to be here are U.S. citizens.
And I'm a little even more radical than that, Dan. I'll say even if it's not under federal law, I just think the government should be able to deport anyone on any grounds who's not a U.S. citizen. You have the right not to get killed or raped in this country if you're not a U.S. citizen, or you have human rights, but the only people that have a right to be here are U.S. citizens.
And I'm a little even more radical than that, Dan. I'll say even if it's not under federal law, I just think the government should be able to deport anyone on any grounds who's not a U.S. citizen. You have the right not to get killed or raped in this country if you're not a U.S. citizen, or you have human rights, but the only people that have a right to be here are U.S. citizens.
You don't have a right to be here if you're not a citizen. I don't know why people seem to be confused about that issue. The other thing that I'm going to say though, Dan, is there have been some laws that have been introduced and in some cases even passed on the state and on the federal level introduced to criminalize antisemitism.
You don't have a right to be here if you're not a citizen. I don't know why people seem to be confused about that issue. The other thing that I'm going to say though, Dan, is there have been some laws that have been introduced and in some cases even passed on the state and on the federal level introduced to criminalize antisemitism.
You don't have a right to be here if you're not a citizen. I don't know why people seem to be confused about that issue. The other thing that I'm going to say though, Dan, is there have been some laws that have been introduced and in some cases even passed on the state and on the federal level introduced to criminalize antisemitism.
And my fear with this issue is that there is perhaps a precedent being set that it's against the law to be an antisemite because we have seen that actually proposed at the state and federal level. And I hate anti-Semites. I'm not an anti-Semite. But do I think that that is a very clear speech issue? I do.
And my fear with this issue is that there is perhaps a precedent being set that it's against the law to be an antisemite because we have seen that actually proposed at the state and federal level. And I hate anti-Semites. I'm not an anti-Semite. But do I think that that is a very clear speech issue? I do.
And my fear with this issue is that there is perhaps a precedent being set that it's against the law to be an antisemite because we have seen that actually proposed at the state and federal level. And I hate anti-Semites. I'm not an anti-Semite. But do I think that that is a very clear speech issue? I do.
And that's where I'm kind of taking a pause and saying, are we sure we want to take a step in that precedent, even if it's a non-citizen?