The government revoked Rumeysa Ozturk's visa due to her pro-Palestinian activism, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday.

The government revoked Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s visa due to her pro-Palestinian activism, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who added the State Department may have revoked more than 300 student visas since the beginning of the second Trump administration.

“It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” Rubio said during a press conference in Guyana on Thursday."

  • HailSeitan@lemmy.world
    15·
    5 days ago

    Congress did though, explicitly. There is a

    provision within the Immigration and Nationality Act that exempts noncitizens facing deportation under the government’s “foreign policy” provision. The exception, known as Section 212(a)(3)©(iii), says that an individual cannot be deported under the “foreign policy” provision cited by the government if their “past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations, if such beliefs, statements, or associations would be lawful within the United States.”

    Source: https://theintercept.com/2025/03/13/mahmoud-khalil-legal-free-speech-deport/

    • Makeitstop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      Ah, but you see, someone in the administration said the phrase “national security” which makes everything legal. Plus, who the hell does congress think it is telling the executive branch that it can’t do something?