Trump PAYS the PRICE as ARREST BACKFIRES
July 17, 2025
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as posted by the channelAttorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose the shocking case of Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident and Columbia University student who was jailed for 104 days without charges for organizing pro-Palestinian protests—now hitting back with a $20 million federal tort claim against the Trump administration. They reveal how ICE snatched Khalil off New York streets based solely on a Marco Rubio letter, invoking a 1950s McCarthyist law while transferring him to a notoriously harsh Louisiana detention facility in hopes of finding a favorable Trump judge. The hosts break down the constitutional violations that should terrify every American: First Amendment retaliation for political speech, Fourth Amendment violations through warrantless arrest, and Fifth Amendment due process destruction through indefinite detention without explanation. They examine how Trump's administration tested the boundaries of authoritarianism by treating a legal resident like an enemy combatant, proving that when you allow the government to jail lawful residents for exercising free speech, no one is safe from becoming a political prisoner. A devastating look at how immigration law becomes the backdoor weapon to silence dissent, setting the stage for locking up any American who dares oppose the administration.
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