Trump Border Czar: ICE Will ‘Absolutely’ Deport Legal Immigrants
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Earlier, Marco Rubio threatened to revoke legal residents' green cards.

Summary

Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said ICE can “absolutely” deport legal immigrants, including green card holders, if they commit crimes.

He cited Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian protester at Columbia University arrested by ICE, as an example.

Homan’s statement followed Sen. Marco Rubio’s call to revoke visas and green cards of Hamas supporters. Immigration advocates condemned the arrest, calling it suppression of political speech.

Green cards can be revoked for crimes or security threats, but Khalil has not been convicted of a crime. Over 1 million people signed a petition for his release.

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    85·
    23 days ago

    “If they commit crimes” is doing a lot of lifting here. Sorry Tom, protesting is not against the law- yet…

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      23 days ago

      They’re going to link everyone who has ever said a kind word about Palestinians (or even wore one of those scarves) to every awful thing Hamas has ever done to justify deporting them.

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    8·
    23 days ago

    Went over the section of law they’re likely using today. If this is what they’re going for then they’re trying to designate everyone who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests as members of a terrorist organization or directly supporting terrorists. Obviously this is a massive 1st Amendment violation. In the most dry sense they can deport legal immigrants who commit crimes or make themselves a legitimate security concern, (by actually participating in terrorism). But this is nowhere near that.

  • collapse_already@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    23 days ago

    I wonder what country they’ll send the Navajo, Cherokee, Cree, Sioux, etc. too. I’m super white, so you know my family is not originally from around here.