Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸<p>White House says immigration officials are seeking more pro-Palestinian protesters </p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NationalPublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPublicRadio</span></a> [US]<br>March 11, 2025 5:31 PM ET<br>Elena Moore</p><p>The <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> is defending the arrest of pro- <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> protest leader and <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> graduate student <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a>, and says the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity</span></a> plans to arrest more protesters moving forward.</p><p>On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the decision to arrest Khalil, a green card holder who is of Palestinian descent, fell in line with President <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s recent executive order aimed at cracking down on antisemitism on U.S. campuses. The order allows the administration to revoke visas and deport international students if they're determined to be "pro-jihadist" or "<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> sympathizers." </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5324749/mahmoud-khalil-palestinian-protests-arrests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-53247</span><span class="invisible">49/mahmoud-khalil-palestinian-protests-arrests</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ProtestIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestIsNotACrime</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DefendStudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendStudentProtesters</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ReleaseMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReleaseMahmoudKhalil</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WestAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestAsia</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>