Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with. - ThreadSky

naomiaklein.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.

NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.

Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.

His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.

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beaanaise.bsky.social•2 days ago

They hung up on his attorney?!

canadiannerd.bsky.social•2 days ago

They will continue to do this with greater frequency unless people everywhere start pushing back. I hope this is going to be a year of protest unlike anything in my lifetime.

ianthal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Looks like he was suspended from Columbia University last year, which would mean that his student visa was no longer valid since he was no longer a student.
https://canarymission.org/individual/Mahmoud_Khalil

stephaniegal.bsky.social•2 days ago

The article clarifies that he has a green card.

ianthal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also says that he is being charged under the Immigration and Nationality Acts of 1952 and 1965, which does allow for his Green Card to be revoked. He's of course entitled to legal defense.

stephaniegal.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don't see anything about any charges. The zeteo article has this line: "in general, the department has broad authority to revoke visas … under the Immigration and Nationality Act.”

But also, I was reading this, and none of these seem to apply here.

https://www.theimmigrationfirm.us/blog/2024/06/4-grounds-on-which-your-green-card-can-be-revoked/

sarabethell.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is the focus of my calls to my MOCs today. I know it’s not enough, but it’s where I can start.

secretly-a-dryad.bsky.social•2 days ago

Reminder: in a Papers Please world, they will just ignore or destroy your papers.
Community and resources (like having a lawyer who will keep pressing) are what saves you.

richjvann.bsky.social•2 days ago

In The Art of War, "multiple feints" refers to the strategy of repeatedly making false attacks or movements in different directions to confuse and deceive, ultimately allowing a strike at the most vulnerable point with the real attack, effectively masking true intentions and disrupting any defense.

kenhes.bsky.social•2 days ago

Kamala wouldn't have done this. #columbia #palestine

helloneumannz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Helpful!

trickydickybe.bsky.social•2 days ago

This feels to me like Terrorism. Scare the shit out of people. Exploit the asymmetry of power when it comes to legal status. Threaten, abuse, undermine, shape shift. In essence, make anyone who doesn't wholeheartedly accept your agenda feel terror. Not everyone in Germany in the 1940s was a Nazi.

virginiadentata.bsky.social•2 days ago

Heads-up that, at last week’s ADL summit, @JewishEldersForPalestine (see IG) denounced ADL’s role in paving the way for the Trump/MAGA rights rollback, & issued a damning report card on the ADL’s civil rights claims v. its actions in crushing social movements. https://www.instagram.com/p/DGx1ugYRt9R/?img_index=2&igsh=bnZuMTgwNmN3anc0

waybeyondsoccermom.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/daralind.bsky.social/post/3ljz7bvjtfk2x

marksrq1971.bsky.social•2 days ago

The 'Nuremberg defense': "We were only following orders." 😑

angryinch.bsky.social•2 days ago

Got it.
So what are the silos?
Maybe the dems, but they welcomed Trump into the whitehouse?
Labor? Teamsters support Trump and the rest are pretty small.
Church? Most of them are Trumpy.
Chamber O Comm? Your kidding.
Not trying to be doom - but name the silos I should be organizing across...

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