Source: Libertarian Institute
by Gary Chartier
“In a court filing supporting the decision to deport [Mahmoud Khalil], the administration maintained that his ‘presence or activities in the United States would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.’ Obviously, this can’t mean that he was physically impeding the formulation or implementation of foreign policy. He threatened, if he did, to bring about ‘serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States’ because what he did had the potential to change people’s minds. He was targeted because of the anticipated impact of his actual (and potential) expressive activity. … Rubio and other defenders of the administration’s position might argue for the legitimacy of Khalil’s deportation by arguing that, as a non-citizen, he’s not protected by the First Amendment. But the Constitution’s language makes no reference to citizens.” (03/26/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-first-amendment-protects-mahmoud-khalil