This weekend, DHS targeted and seized Mahmoud Khalil as punishment for his political speech, and indicated that they are revoking his green card. They have since handed him over to ICE where he is being detained โ his location unknown โ and held for deportation without due process. This is what fascist governments do, and it will not stop here. This extreme escalation is the test case; the Trump/Musk administration is trying to see how far they can go without public outrage and legal checks on their power. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
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Last weekend I got to thank the person who encouraged me to go to #Confab back in 2017 and unwittingly set the course for my career journey since. Then I had to define content design and UX writing for someone else there, and unfortunately I lacked a bulletin board and string.