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ookdatnog | 5 months ago

> The government is not prosecuting for speech, which is what the free speech protections can and should guarantee.

This has absolutely started happening, albeit not yet on a large-scale, systematic basis. Mahmoud Khalil [0] resided in the US legally when he was detained with the intention to deport.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Khalil_(activist)

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vorpalhex|5 months ago

Khalil also gave material support to terrorists which is explicitly called out as a no-no on your residency paperwork.

ookdatnog|5 months ago

That would be a crime. Khalil was not charged with any crime. The only conceivable reason to not charge him at this point, is because there is no evidence of him committing a crime.