White House: Rubio reserves the right to revoke green card or visa of anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil
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ColumbiaUniversityprotesterslinedthecampusstepsTuesdayafternoonchantingagainsttheICEarrestandpossibledeportationofPalestiniangraduatestudentMahmoudKhalil.
WhiteHousepresssecretaryKarolineLeavitttoldreportersTuesdaythatSecretaryofStateMarcoRubioreservestherighttorevokeformerColumbiagraduatestudentMahmoudKhalil’sgreencardorvisa.
LeavittsaidthatundertheImmigrationandNationalityAct,thesecretaryofstatehastherighttorevokeagreencardoravisaforindividualswhoare“adversarialtotheforeignpolicyandnationalsecurityinterestsoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.”
“AndMahmoudKhalilwasanindividualwhowasgiventheprivilegeofcomingtothiscountrytostudyatoneofournation’sfinestuniversitiesandcolleges,andhetookadvantageofthatopportunity,ofthatprivilege,bysidingwithterrorists,Hamasterrorists,whohavekilledinnocentmen,womenandchildren,”LeavittsaidattheWhiteHousepressbriefing.“Thisisanind