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.
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.