Part 2: Free Speech or Terrorist Threat: Should Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil be deported?

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Dr. Phil McGraw

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🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Is Mahmoud Khalil a danger to society, or a victim of circumstance? Dr. Phil dives into the controversial deportation case, seeking the truth behind the headlines.

A firestorm of controversy surrounds former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil's deportation case. Is he a threat to national security, or a victim of a broken system? Dr. Phil delves into the complex legal battle, exposing the raw emotions and conflicting opinions. Prepare for a heated debate as Dr. Phil challenges both sides to confront the hard truths about immigration and justice.

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0:00.0	Should former Palestinian student Mahmood Khalil be deported?
0:03.5	You cannot deport an immigrant simply because you dislike his speech.
0:07.6	These are not spontaneous student-led peaceful protest.
0:11.8	Massive federal lawsuit named a group that Khalil was a spokesperson for as straight-up collaborators with Hamas.
0:19.3	This person is a threat of national security.
0:21.2	Mahmoud Khalil has not been charged with any crime whatsoever.
0:24.6	Don't let people divert you, Dr. Phil, from the facts of this case. Tonight, the stakes could not be higher as we continue our debate.
0:40.3	Free speech or a national security threat?
0:44.3	Should former Palestinian student at Columbia University,
0:47.3	Mahmoud Khalil, be deported?
0:49.3	Here's what happened yesterday.
0:52.3	A Palestinian student and activist at Columbia University
0:56.6	has been detained by US immigration and custom enforcement, ICE.
1:01.4	Turn around, turn around, turn around.
1:03.6	Okay, let's not.
1:05.2	Is he a threat to national security?
1:07.5	Or is this a gross violation of his First Amendment rights?
1:11.6	Eliana, a Jewish student leader at Columbia who says she witnessed Khalil at protests.
1:18.6	You think they're being disingenuous that it's not at all about what they say it's about.
1:22.6	They say they're Columbia University apartheid divest, which means just taking
1:26.6	Columbia endowment money out of investment in Israel.
1:30.3	But that's actually not what they are at all.
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