Fox News Publishes Mahmoud Khalil Op-Ed Critical Of Trump AdministrationIn an opinion piece for Fox News published Wednesday, pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil warned Americans that they could be the next targets of the Trump administration's attack on the First Amendment.Khalil, a green card holder who organized protests against the Gaza war while a graduate student at Columbia University, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in March 2025. He was released several months later, but the Trump administration has since been trying to deport him.Khalil wrote that his case is "exactly what the First Amendment is designed to prevent: the government deciding which speech is acceptable and which is not. Once that protection is weakened, everyone is at risk.""The Supreme Court recognized eighty years ago that the First Amendment protects all of us in the United States — citizens and noncitizens alike — from government persecution for our beliefs. If we allow that boundary to be violated for noncitizens, or when the government claims a foreign policy concern, a precedent is created that can be used against all of us. Even citizens," he wrote.Read the full opinion piece at Fox News:See All UpdatesClose