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On the recordMarch 11, 2025
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil is ripped straight from the authoritarian playbook. His arrest sets an extremely dangerous and chilling precedent from an administration that is hellbent on wielding fear and intimidation as weapons to crush political dissent.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin describes Khalil's detention as a dangerous precedent for dissent.

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