Mahmoud Khalil, a protest leader at Columbia University, declared himself a 'political prisoner,' asserting his arrest was due to suppressed free speech. However, this claim is misleading, as Khalil is not a political prisoner and has the option to leave the U.S. Furthermore, aliens in the U.S. do not enjoy the same First Amendment protections as citizens. The article references legal precedents indicating that deportation can occur for speech that doesn’t fall under the protective umbrella of free speech rights afforded to citizens.
Khalil is not a political prisoner; he is free to leave the U.S. and does not have the same First Amendment rights as U.S. citizens.
The Trump administration claims Khalil incited illegal actions; however, even without that, aliens can be deported for speech not protected by the First Amendment.
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