Ann Coulter questions arrest of Columbia protester on free speech grounds


Ann Coulter questions arrest of Columbia protester on free speech grounds
Conservative media pundit Ann Coulter on Monday questioned the arrest of a pro-Palestinian advocate on free speech grounds. “There’s almost no one I don’t want to deport, but unless they’ve committed a crime, isn’t this a violation of the First Amendment?” Coulter said on the social platform X in response to a report from The New York Post. The Post reported that the names of visa-reliant international students who had participated in pro-Palestinian protests were being gathered by a pro-Israel organization, Betar, which wants to make them return home under President Trump. Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who led pro-Palestinian protests and is a green card holder, was arrested over the weekend by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “We...