http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/04fc1d46592429b8 https://verfassungsblog.de/free-speech-khalil-palestine-us/ The Death Knell for American Free Speech Tradition - The Trump Administration’s Targeting of Immigrants for Public Expressions of Support for Palestinian Human Rights Bechtold, Eliza eng 2025-03-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Antisemitism Donald Trump Free Speech Freedom of Speech Israel-Gaza War Palestine Trump Freedom of Speech Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In a case that has received global attention and reproach, Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident of the United States and recent graduate of Columbia University (another target of the Trump administration’s ire), was arrested on 8 March by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in front of his apartment in New York and subsequently transferred to a detention facility in Louisiana. In this blog post, my aim is to show that the case of Mr. Khalil implicates perhaps the most sacrosanct of American constitutional rights: free speech.