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White House: Rubio reserves the right to revoke green card or visa of anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil

White House: Rubio reserves the right to revoke green card or visa of anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil

ColumbiaUniversityprotesterslinedthecampusstepsTuesdayafternoonchantingagainsttheICEarrestandpossibledeportationofPalestiniangraduatestudentMahmoudKhalil. WhiteHousepresssecretaryKarolineLeavitttoldreportersTuesdaythatSecretaryofStateMarcoRubioreservestherighttorevokeformerColumbiagraduatestudentMahmoudKhalil’sgreencardorvisa. LeavittsaidthatundertheImmigrationandNationalityAct,thesecretaryofstatehastherighttorevokeagreencardoravisaforindividualswhoare“adversarialtotheforeignpolicyandnationalsecurityinterestsoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.”  “AndMahmoudKhalilwasanindividualwhowasgiventheprivilegeofcomingtothiscountrytostudyatoneofournation’sfinestuniversitiesandcolleges,andhetookadvantageofthatopportunity,ofthatprivilege,bysidingwithterrorists,Hamasterrorists,whohavekilledinnocentmen,womenandchildren,”LeavittsaidattheWhiteHousepressbriefing.“Thisisanind