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In a scathing rebuke, US District Judge William Young in Boston said that #DHS & the #State Dept sought to target non-citizens “for speaking out” with the “goal of tamping down pro-Palestinian student protests & terrorizing similarly situated” students.
Young decried the #Trump admin’s conduct in striking terms, quoting President Ronald Reagan’s declaration that freedom must “be fought for & defended constantly by each generation.”
But a few days later, #Oklahoma’s superintendent of #schools, #RyanWalters, directed all the state’s schools to observe a moment of silence in honor of #Kirk. Durant felt a shock that quickly flamed into outrage.
People were free to mourn Kirk or not, he said, but the #state had no right to #order his #child & other #children to honor a man whose words had often denigrated them. “My initial thought was, Hell no — there’s no way.”
“I told her, You know, the Good Book, the Bible, says you judge a man as he lived, not as he died.”
Durant left the conversation about Kirk’s death grateful that it had prompted a father-daughter talk about his child’s #worth as a #Black #girl & about having empathy for those marginalized by society. He hoped that this moment of beatifying #Kirk had passed.
But a few days later, #Oklahoma’s superintendent of #schools, #RyanWalters, directed all the state’s schools to observe a moment of silence in honor of #Kirk. Durant felt a shock that quickly flamed into outrage.
People were free to mourn Kirk or not, he said, but the #state had no right to #order his #child & other #children to honor a man whose words had often denigrated them. “My initial thought was, Hell no — there’s no way.”
However, the #US has said it can deny #visas for security, extremism & foreign policy reasons.
The #State Dept justified its decision by reiterating US & #Israel allegations that the #PA & #PLO had failed to repudiate extremism [pretty rich coming from #Netanyahu & #Trump] while pushing for "unilateral recognition" of a #PalestinianState.
Palestinian ofcls reject such allegations & say decades of US mediated talks have failed to end Israeli occupation & secure an independent state of Palestine
However, the #US has said it can deny #visas for security, extremism & foreign policy reasons.
The #State Dept justified its decision by reiterating US & #Israel allegations that the #PA & #PLO had failed to repudiate extremism [pretty rich coming from #Netanyahu & #Trump] while pushing for "unilateral recognition" of a #PalestinianState.
Palestinian ofcls reject such allegations & say decades of US mediated talks have failed to end Israeli occupation & secure an independent state of Palestine
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