Monday’s Good Morning America showed snippets of ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis’s interview with former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, who was recently released on bail from ICE detention. Despite Khalil’s ties to pro-Palestine and pro-Hamas protests, (and laws that contradict ABC’s statements) they still painted him as a father who was wrongfully arrested for peacefully protesting.
Davis lamented to Khalil:
DAVIS: A federal judge ordered his immediate release on bail over the weekend. The Trump administration argues his continued presence in the United States poses a threat to foreign policy and he participated in protests that fostered a hostile environment for Jewish students. [TO KHALIL] The White House has said that you distributed pro-Hamas flyers. Secretary Rubio said that you created an environment of harassment towards Jewish students. President Trump said "we’ve got to get him the hell out of our country." Why do you think that you are perceived as such a threat?
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