Mahmoud Khalil. Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP Photo When ICE agents detained Mahmoud Khalil , a former Columbia University student and pro-Palestine activist, on March 8, Democratic leaders could not seem to agree on whether to stand up for him. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted the arrest and threat of deportation of a green-card holder for no crime other than exercising his free-speech rights as “tyrannical.” The X account for the Senate Judiciary Democrats posted, “Free Mahmoud Khalil.” But other