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A US judge has ruled that Palestinian organizer and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, giving his legal team until April 23 to appeal the decision. Supporters denounced the move as an attempt to silence criticism of the "occupation of Palestine" at a press conference held after the ruling in Jena, Louisiana.

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00:00It's about instilling fear, it's about scaring the American public.
00:29It's a submission so they won't speak out against the U.S.-funded occupation of Palestine and this regime's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
00:41But we are here today to deliver a message.
00:45These tactics will fail.
00:47At the end of today's hearing, Mahmoud stated the following.
00:50I would like to quote what you said last time, that there's nothing that's more important to this court than due process rights and fundamental fairness.
00:59Clearly, what we witnessed today, neither of these principles were present.
01:04Today, or in this whole process, this is exactly why the Trump administration has sent me to this court, 1,000 miles away from my family.
01:12Okay, thanks. Bye.
01:16Whoever's right here, right now, please, just go back, go back.
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