Student Activist's Trump-Defying Victory in Court
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Y'know, for a change
Palestinian student Mahdawi doesn't give a hoot about ol' Donnie-boy Trump. The troublemaker in chief has been putting the squeeze on institutions of higher learning, including Columbia, following a wave of pro-Palestinian protests. Trump's agenda included stricter anti-discrimination rules, criticism of equal opportunity programs, and even a crackdown on "antisemitism" on campus.
Now, you might think that getting slapped with arrest warrants would be enough to keep these students in line, but Mahdawi, a green card holder since 2015 and on the brink of earning his degree from Columbia University, isn't having it. He's also founded a Palestinian student group and organized protests alongside his fellow student Mahmoud Khalil, who's currently cooling his heels in a detention center despite being married to an American citizen and raising a squirming newborn at home.
Mahdawi is accusing the Trump administration of trampling on the US Constitution by stifling the rights of student activists to speak out. In his own words, "Bitching against war and cheering for peace ain't no crime, mate!" The Trump administration, in tune with its drama-loving character, counters by insinuating that the students are backing the radical Islamic terror group Hamas—a designated terrorist organization in the USA.
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- I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I can answer that question about the specific policy-and-legislation regarding war-and-conflicts and Trump's administration's crackdown on "antisemitism" on campus relating to the general-news story of Mahdawi, a student activist at Columbia University.
- Despite the arrest warrants and the Trump administration's stricter anti-discrimination rules and criticism of equal opportunity programs, Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, continues to speak out against war and advocate for peace.
- Mahdawi, a green card holder since 2015, has accused the Trump administration of stifling the rights of student activists to speak out, much like the concerns being raised in crime-and-justice discussions about the arrest of fellow student Mahmoud Khalil.
- The politics surrounding the Trump administration's actions towards Mahdawi and Mahmoud Khalil have sparked debate in various news outlets, ranging from Columbia University local news to general-news networks in New York City, Vermont, USA, and beyond.
- The Trump administration has countered Mahdawi's claims by insinuating that the students are backing the radical Islamic terror group Hamas—a designated terrorist organization in the USA—a matter that has raised continuous controversy and concern in the crime-and-justice and general-news sectors.
