Tears for Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University

The little rascals at Columbia University are all in a tither over the ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian-Syrian, who has been leading the protests on campus. There is apparent confusion over his status in the US. He apparently was on a student visa, but also has a green card, and apparently has now graduated from Columbia or is a graduate student. If he is engaged in disrupting the campus and creating an unsafe environment for students, particularly Jewish students, it seems reasonable to me that the government can cancel either his student visa or his green card or both.

Predictably, the campus newspaper, The Daily Spectator, is full of articles defending the protesters and condemning the government (Trump administration) for cracking down.

A New York City federal judge has ordered ICE not to proceed with deportation until he/she can figure out how to detail the whole thing. Meanwhile, Khalil has been transported to an ICE facility in Louisiana. Then there is NY Attorney General Leticia James, who has expressed her "concern". You remember her, of course. She is a hardliner when it comes to Trump, but with foreigners disrupting our campuses, she takes a softer tone.

Meanwhile, the little rascals took to Foley Square in New York on Monday to demand Khalil's release. Here is how the Daily Spectator dutifully reported the protests.

My opinion? Throw him out.