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Ted Rall and Robby West take the helm for Manila Chan, diving headfirst into ICE’s stunning crackdown on pro-Palestine advocates! Today, they’re unpacking two jaw-dropping cases: the March 8 arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian Columbia University grad student and protest leader, and the March 9 detention of a British cartoonist at the Canadian border. With President Trump proclaiming Khalil’s arrest as “the first of many” on Truth Social, this episode promises a no-holds-barred look at the escalating clash between free speech and immigration enforcement.
Khalil, a green card holder, was nabbed at his Columbia apartment by ICE agents claiming a State Department order to revoke his status, citing vague “Hamas-aligned activities.” Just a day later, a British cartoonist—visiting as a tourist—was stopped at the border, with ICE disappearing her into its gulags. Trump’s January executive order targeting “Hamas sympathizers” on campuses and his $400 million funding cut to Columbia set the stage, and now ICE is flexing its muscle.
Ted and Robby break it all down: the 300,000-signature petition for Khalil’s release, Columbia’s weak response to ICE campus access, and Trump’s vow to purge “pro-terrorist” voices.
We’ll explore the ripple effects—will this silence dissent or ignite more resistance? With Ted’s sharp wit and Robby’s incisive takes, this episode is your front-row seat to a defining moment in the battle for expression and immigrant rights. When ICE comes knocking, “The TMI Show” answers back!
