Mahmoud Khalil isn’t an illegal alien.

He isn’t a terrorist.

He’s a Columbia graduate student and a legal U.S. resident. He's a husband. And his wife, a US Citizen—8 months pregnant—has no idea where he is.

The Department of Homeland Security snatched him off campus, disappeared him without a trace. No charges. No trial. Just gone.

This is how authoritarian regimes operate.

It's what happens when the First Amendment only applies to the “right” kind of people—it's only a trial balloon for a broader crackdown on speech.

If they can do it to Khalil, they can do it to you.

First, they come for the speech of legal immigrants.