Andy McCarthy has already posted an in-depth piece on the legal issues surrounding the arrest of green-card holder and recent Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the pro-Hamas protests at the university as well as its partner school, Barnard College.

Today, Senate Judiciary Democrats have gone all-in supporting him. This is the latest of six separate posts promoting his cause, declaring “Free Mahmoud Khalil”:

Khalil was a leader of last spring’s pro-Hamas protests and just last week participated in the Barnard protest in which activists were handing out Hamas propaganda booklets justifying the October 7 attacks.  It’s fair to debate where the line is between free speech and due process on one end and enforcement of immigration laws and protection of Jewish students on the other end. As much as I loathe Khalil, I’m still working through those issues myself. But Democrats aren’t making a tempered argument that they disagree with Khalil but still think his actions are protected under the First Amendment — they are lionizing him.  It’s quite revealing as to who they consider their core constituency to suddenly turn a pro-Hamas activist into a cause célèbre.