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Secretary of State Marco Rubio He collided with the presenter of CBS Margaret Brennan for the order of the State Department to revoke the green card of the former student activist of Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil.
Khalil, a Palestinian raised in Syria and a permanent resident of the United States, was arrested and detained By immigration officials earlier this month for leading activities “aligned with Hamas, a designated terrorist organization,” according to the Department of National Security.
On “Face the Nation” Sunday, Brennan cited an editorial of Wall Street Journal critic of the revocation of the Trump administration of Khalil’s green card. She asked Rubio if he had evidence that he showed that Khalil had supported terrorism or if Khalil had simply adopted a “controversial political” vision.
Rubio defended the actions of the administration, saying that anyone who enters the US.
Columbia Anti-Israel protests the leader Mahmoud Khalil to remain detained in Louisiana
The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, defended the order of the State Department of revoking the Green Card of Mahmoud Khalil. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“It’s that simple,” he said.
“If you had told us that you were going to do that, we would never have given you the visa. Now you are here. Now you do it. You lied to us. You are out. It’s that simple. It’s so simple,” he added.
“But is there any evidence of a bond with terrorism?” Brennan pressed. “Or is it just your point of view?”
Rubio asked the news presenter if he was aware of the pro-tan camps that took over the university campuses after the terrorist attacks of Hamas on October 7 against Israel.
“Yes, they take charge, you should see the news,” said Rubio. “These guys take care of entire buildings.”
The members of the Faculty of Columbia protect the students in the “Gaza Solidarity Camp” Pro-Palestine at the West Lawn of Columbia University on April 29, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“We covered it intensely,” Brennan replied while the two talked about each other. She clarified that she was speaking specifically evidence in the case of Khalil.
Rubio said that Khalil was a “negotiator” for student protesters who took over the Campus of the University of Columbia and the shattered buildings.
“That is a crime in itself,” he told Brennan. “We don’t want it. We don’t need these people in our country. We should never have allowed them to enter, in the first place.”
Rubio reiterated that those who entered the country with visas with the intention of interrupting campus activities, destroying buildings and promoting terrorist organizations should not have been allowed to enter and be deported.
He also called the “hypocrisy” of those who defend these protesters ” Freedom of Expression Rights.
“It seems ironic to me that many of these people defended the first amendment, alleged rights of freedom of expression of these Hamas supporters: they had no problems, okay, pressing social networks to censor US political discourse. So I think it is ironic and hypocritical,” he added.
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The protesters meet in Foley Square to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil on Monday, March 10, 2025 in Manhattan, New York City. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service through Getty Images)
Brennan continued to press Rubio if “only the pro-plantations” had their revoked visas or people with “other views too.”
Rubio said the administration also deported members of the violent Venezuelan gang Aragua trainrecognized by the Trump administration as a terrorist organization.
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“We don’t want terrorists in the United States. I don’t know how difficult it is to understand,” he told Brennan.
“We do not want people in our country who are going to commit crimes and undermine our national security or public security. It’s that simple,” he continued. “Especially people who are here as guests. That is what a visa is. I don’t know where we have achieved in our head that a visa is a kind of birth right. It is not. It is a visitor in our country. And if it violates the terms of your visit, it will go.”
