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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by Danjoe4 on Friday March 14, 2025 @10:41PM (#43369456)
No. These green card holders are being deported for committing crimes. The enforcement is definitely speech motivated (which I agree is concerning), but these individuals are not having green cards pulled for speech alone. They are having their green cards pulled after being convicted of a REAL crime they commit while protesting like vandalism or assault. They are often being deported in lieu of jailtime.

The only risk to you is jail, not deportation.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by dragonwriter on Saturday March 15, 2025 @12:04AM (#43369894)
> These green card holders are being deported for committing crimes.

No, they are officially being deported for being a foreign policy problem without being accused of any crime.

And the specific source of the foreign policy problem is the political content of their speech.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by ignotus02 on Friday March 14, 2025 @11:46PM (#43369813)
Do you have a link to their charge? My understanding is the first Columbia student specifically wasn't charged with commiting a crime intentionally, and instead their Green Card was being revoked at the direction of the Secretary of State.

If they aren't being charged with a crime, I don't know how this could be occuring for any other reason than speech.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by knd775 on Saturday March 15, 2025 @12:01AM (#43369877)
This is not true. They have been quite clear that Mahmoud Khalil has not been accused of a crime.
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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by attentive on Saturday March 15, 2025 @12:44AM (#43370050)
AFAIK he wasn't charged with a crime but it isn't required for deportation.

Check out these articles explaining https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/a-free-speech-right...

https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/a-green-card-is-not...

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by greenie_beans on Saturday March 15, 2025 @08:35AM (#43372135)
get ur brain worms checked out
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