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Deporting a Student Over Pro-Palestinian Protests

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Tim discusses a Tufts graduate student detained by immigration officials for participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests, questioning whether the U.S. government is acting on behalf of Israel and whether anti-Semitism should be grounds for deportation of a legal resident.

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  • TS University graduate student grabbed off the street by federal immigration officers as part of a push to disappear people participating in campus protests.
  • Tim questions whether this deportation is being done for America or for Israel, asking if the U.S. government is taking orders from Israel.
  • Tim finds it odd that anti-Semitism classification can now get you deported if you're a legal U.S. resident.
  • Speaking out against an ally of America should not be grounds for deportation, Tim argues.
  • Tim says this kind of action couldn't feed Jewish conspiracy theories more effectively if it tried.
  • If people believe Israel runs America through donors and billionaires, does this deportation make them dig their heels in more or less?
  • For four years people could say anything about white people, call for genocide of whites, but a few months of campus protests and now students are getting deported.
  • Tim wonders what other nationalities get you deported for criticism, bringing up his accidental comments about Filipinos regarding his godson.
  • Tim clarifies he would not have gotten involved financially if he'd known his godson was Filipino instead of Chinese.
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