As the Donald Trump administration is preparing to arrest Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University scholar, arrested by the ICE for leading pro-Palestine campus protests last year raising questions about whether a green card holder can be sent out of the land, Trump’s border king Tom Homan said “any native humanoid” is available for imprisonment if he or she commits a offense.
Calling it just one out of several as President Donald Trump stated, Tom Homan said. ” Did he violate the terms of his card? Did he violate the terms of his citizenship around, you know, committing crimes, attacking Israeli individuals, locking down houses, destroying house”? ” Absolutely”, he said.
A federal judge in New York City Monday stayed Khalil’s imprisonment until its second hearing on Wednesday.
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Tom Homan said the administration is sending a powerful concept that anybody can come to study in US colleges but they have to follow the laws of this country. ” We’re going to take a strong message to say, everyone here on a foreign card, that you’re given a tremendous right to come to the greatest country on Earth and investigation in our schools”, Homan said.
” But when you come around to examine, you got to obey the laws of this country. You got to follow the requirements of that immigration to remain valid while you’re below”.
” But, it’s a great opportunity to study in this state, but, when we give you that right to study in this land, don’t violate our rules”, he added.
According to a report, Khalil was being investigated as a potential national security threat after Secretary of State Marco Rubio was presented with intelligence.
30-year-old Khalil is a Syrian-born Palestinian who completed his master’s from the Ivy League college. Married to an American, Khalil has a green card.
Where is Mahmoud Khalil now and what are the latest updates on this case?
Khalil is in ICE custody in Louisiana and his lawyer Amy Greer said he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament, according to Columbia University’s daily newspaper Columbia Spectator. Greer said the recent remarks from President Donald Trump and other government officials show that Khalil was” chosen as an example to stifle lawful dissent in violation of the First Amendment”.
Is Khalil’s green card revoked? Can a green card holder be deported?
Amy Greer said Khalil was told by the ICE agents that his green card was revoked. Green card holders have the same rights as US citizens but they can be deported for criminal behavior, and violations of immigration laws. Greer said Khalil did not commit any crime or violate the terms of his residency.
