Why Trump’s Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil is Perfectly Legal, with Ilya Shapiro

Last Saturday, ICE agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born Palestinian who was one of the leaders behind the year-long Tentifadah in Columbia University. Khalil and his group have repeatedly expressed their support for Hamas and other terrorist organizations, a violation of U.S. immigration law. Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, joins Liel to explain why the act is completely legal, and why we shouldn’t fall for the bad faith argument that Khalil’s arrest is a free speech issue.

You can listen to Why Trump’s Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil is Perfectly Legal, with Ilya Shapiro online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Why Trump’s Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil is Perfectly Legal, with Ilya Shapiro is an episode from Unorthodox by Tablet Magazine.

This episode is 16:20 long.

This episode was published on Mar 12, 2025.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Unorthodox when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.