Fox News viewers lashed out at conservative pundit Glenn Greenwald after he defended Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who President Donald Trump has singled out for deportation.
During a Sunday interview, Greenwald accused the Trump administration of a “huge violation” of Khalil’s civil rights after he was arrested for participating in last year’s anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.
“He’s a green card holder, which is a path to citizenship,” Greenwald explained. “When American citizens marry foreign nationals, as Donald Trump, for example, did twice, as Khalil’s wife, who’s an American citizen, did as well. They get put on this path to permanent residence.”
“The Supreme Court has said for 200 years that green card holders, permanent residents, people in the United States legally have the protection of the Bill of Rights, which obviously includes free speech,” he continued. “There’s no evidence at all that he’s a supporter of Hamas. These protest movements at Columbia and elsewhere were filled with Jewish students.”
Greenwald compared Khalil to those Jan. 6 protesters who did not break any laws.
