
Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan could be seen melting down Wednesday on Piers Morganās show after being asked whether he believes pro-Hamas protesters with visas should still be allowed to stay in the United States.
Protests erupted earlier in the week after Syrian-born former Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials Saturday following his involvement in a student encampment at the university last year. While discussing the arrest with fellow guest Republican Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw on āPiers Morgan Uncensored,ā Morgan jumped into the debate, honing in on the support of Hamas, which the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997.
āMehdi, let me ask you a question,ā Morgan said. āShould somebody whoās in America on a green card be allowed to support a terror organization? Because according to all the paperwork you fill in when you apply for a green card, if you do support one you would not be given a green card. Hamas are a prescribed terror group in the United States. He has supported Hamas. Therefore, if the United States government wanted to revoke his green card, they are perfectly within their rights to do so, as Dan has articulated.ā
āNot true. Piers, you donāt ā No, no, Dan has not articulated that at all,ā Hasan said. āNo law has been cited that says you can revoke his green card because of his speech. Piers, you donāt know what youāre talking about. You canāt revoke a green card because you donāt like someoneās speech.ā
According to the Associated Press, Khalilās green card was revoked due to alleged āactivities aligned with Hamas, a designated terrorist organization,ā leading to his arrest by DHS officials. Following the Syrian-born manās arrest, Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X on Sunday, writing that the Trump administration āwill be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.ā
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Morgan continued to argue with Hasan, saying that if someone supports a āterror group, you would not get a green cardā and that it was protected by U.S. law.
āWhereās your evidence for that, Piers? You canāt just say stuff. Whereās your evidence for that?ā Hasan asked.
Crenshaw could then be heard saying that the rule was protected by āU.S. Code 1227,ā to which Hasan was seen looking off to the side before asking whether he would have to argue with both Morgan and Crenshaw at the same time.
āFuck me,ā Hasan sighed. āIs this really going to be two against one? Youāre literally both talking at me at the same time. Iām not going to let you speak at one time. I canāt respond to two of you.ā
āNo, Piers asked me a question, Dan. Iām responding to Piers, so if you can hold your point. Piers asked me about withdrawing a green card. Iām telling you, Piers, there is no evidence he supports Hamas. If there was, they would have arrested him for it. They didnāt charge him with supporting Hamas.ā
āThe U.S. government and Fox News have had four days to produce all sorts of stuff, video evidence, photographic evidence. Theyāve got nothing, which is why theyāre not charging him with a crime,ā Hasan added.
In April 2024, protesters at Columbia University violently took over a school building and damaged property. The occupation followed multiple protests against Israel on campus and in New York City.
Khalil was seen telling reporters at the time that he was the ālead negotiatorā for Columbia Universityās Apartheid Divest (CUAD) and was negotiating with the school to āmeetā their ādemandsā in divesting from companies linked to Israel.
Morgan and Hasan continued arguing about CUAD, with Morgan saying that the group had ācalled October the 7th a victory.ā
In October 2024, CUAD walked back its apology to students after Columbia student Khymani James said that āZionistsā did not deserve to live. The retraction said that James was facing āanti-blackness and queerphobiaā from āneo-liberal media and fascistsā and affirmed the groupās support for āliberation by any means necessary, including armed resistance.ā
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