ITT: Great examples of why the US has failed. Too many people trying to say “c’mon it’s bad but not that bad!” Actually it is, these are all tests to see what the population will put up with, they’re boiling the frog slowly and the frog is telling anyone trying to help it to “calm down”.

HES AN ILLEGAL THAT HAD HIS VISA REVOKED FOR COMMITTING A CRIME.

That’s the bullshit their claiming. What actually happened is a legal immigrant with a valid green card, married to an American citizen, was arrested, illegally detained, and trafficked across state lines without due process for peacefully protesting against the American government.

This is a truly insane story and a very real example of an authoritarian police state. He is being arrested for expressing his opinion, which is not a crime, and the police will not state which crime he is accused of committing, only that due to his freedom of expression and speech, the State Department was told to revoke his visa. Which apparently puts someone into a nightmare situation of being transported to a private prison in another state while waiting to be deported. Which might be able to all be done without ever charging him with a crime, much less proving anything in a court of law. The only thing is the false accusation he is a Hamas supporter of some kind, which itself isn’t even a crime unless you send them money. Being against a genocide or forced exodus is not about being for the government of the place being targeted. It’s a false equivalence. In fact, in the United States, you have the right to support reprehensible groups like Hamas. Just ask the State Department, Mossad, the CIA and others, who for many years financially supported them as they ran Palestine. Obviously this changed after October 7th, but it’s still a fact. Now you have this guy being targeted like a police state with no rights at all and who knows what will happen to him now.

It also says a lot that New York allowed him to be taken to Louisiana and put in a private prison without any charges being filed. I guess ICE can just do that without the normal process of an arrest and extradition. This of course would have required actually charging him with a crime. Rubio said it has to do with his reprehensive support of Hamas, which isn’t proven, then he went on to try to pin awful things Hamas has done on him. Even if he does support Hamas, which is wrong to do, it’s still an administration that is trying to bring back the nazi salute, saying you can’t openly support an anti-israeli regime. So much for the Constitution. And by the way, even on a student visa, just by virtue of being in this country you are afforded certain protections under the Constitution and due process must be one of those. Where’s the crime?

We really do need to choose words wisely when we talk about these things. Inflammatory language only serves to undermine your argument when your claims can be dismissed as exaggeration. Is this a horrific situation? Yes. Is it illegal? Almost certainly. Is it the brazen disregard of law and public opinion people are claiming? Not yet! The Trump admin is allowing Khalil access to family and lawyers, and he will have his day in court. When the arrestees aren’t located in a day and given due process, then we can call them disappeared. Until then, call this what it is and no more. Be factual so people can’t as easily dismiss your facts.