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Trump administration briefing: Mahmoud Khalil’s detention, ‘Trumpcession’ fears and gutting USAid

Donald Trump speaks during an address to a joint session of Congress on 4 March.
Donald Trump speaks during an address to a joint session of Congress on 4 March. Photograph: Win Mcnamee/AFP/Getty Images

The Trump administration’s decision to have immigration authorities arrest pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil for alleged support of Hamas is an attack on free speech, the American Civil Liberties Union warned on Monday.

“This arrest is unprecedented, illegal, and un-American,” said Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.

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