Mahmoud Khalil, a well-known Palestinian activist living in the United States on a Permanent Resident Visa, also known as a Green Card, who played a major role in last year’s unrest and occupation in support of Hamas at Columbia University in New York City, has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is facing deportation and revocation of his Legal Permanent Resident Status.
Khalil, who graduated in December with a master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International Affairs, is accused of leading activities at Columbia aligned to Hamas and has had his Student Visa revoked “in support of President Trump’s recent executive orders prohibiting antisemitism at U.S. college campuses”, according to Tricia McLaughlin, Spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security.
This follows a post earlier tonight by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which included a link to an article about Khalil’s arrest, while stating, “We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”