Progressives are portraying Mahmoud Khalil, a Hamas supporter who led months of anti-Israel protests, as the premiere sympathetic victim of President Donald Trump’s popular migration policies.
Khalil then enrolled at Columbia University in New York City, began protesting Israel’s counter-offensive less than a week after Hamas launched its bloody and chaotic cross-border October 7 raid. The raiding Hamas gunmen yelled Islamic slogans as they killed roughly 1,000 Jewish civilians, including many young people at an early-morning rave.
On March 8, Khalil was arrested and detained pending deportation. A lawsuit and a judge have temporarily blocked the deportation as Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he has the clear authority to deport unwanted migrants.
The arrest spurred a wide range of left-wing groups to protests, including antisemitic Islamic groups and pro-migration…
