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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The Trump administration admits that it has jailed Mahmoud…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Published | Video Starts at 02:13

Educators are being fired for teaching American history accurately. And activists are being detained with no charge or evidence for using their First Amendment rights, especially when they use them for Palestinians. In fact, The Trump administration admits that it has jailed Mahmoud Khalil, a young husband and father from New York, without any evidence or charge of a crime. The Trump administration admits that they have thrown Mahmoud in a cell thousands of miles away because he attended a protest and are detaining him for the content of his speech and nothing more. (02:13–02:26)

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Asserts that the Trump administration jailed Mahmoud Khalil without evidence or charges.

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