A Dichotomy

Has there been a change in the path to citizenship and the issuing of green cards to some individuals? It appears to me that in some cases there is quite a dichotomy. Let me elaborate. A friend of mine has a son who has been teaching in Guatemala for many years. At some point he married a Guatemalan woman and subsequently they had a baby girl. The baby is now five years old and at this point the wife cannot legally come to the U.S. The five year old and the father can both come to States legally, but the wife cannot. She has been trying to come to the U.S. legally for at least five years, and thus far … nothing!
Now contrast this to Mahmoud Khalil. I am sure that most are familiar with him. He came to U.S. on a student visa. He enrolled at Columbia University, and within only a few years was able to get a green card. At the present time he is in the process of being deported because of his antisemitic actions at Columbia. Those on the left are bellyaching because he is married to a U.S. citizen, and at the present count nineteen law firms are vying to come to his rescue.
My question is why the dichotomy between and Mahmoud Khalil, and the Guatemalan wife who has been attempting to do everything legally. She has been waiting in line for years to get to first base, while Khalil has been fast-tracked to a green card. Both are married to a U.S. citizen, and as best I can tell, no law firms are standing in line to plead her case.
This makes me wonder how Khalil was able to move so rapidly through the process from student visa to green card.
Can anybody explain the dichotomy between Mahmoud Khalil my friend’s daughter-in -law? Is there something fishy going on? Did Khalil or a backer of his expedite his receiving a green card? Did any cash change hands? Does this suspiciously sound like a quid-pro-quo situation?
3/19/25