Mahmoud Khalil should be deported over serious ‘foreign policy consequences,’ Rubio memo says

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said that the presence of a protester of Colombia’s student Mahmoud Khalil in the United States It will be “serious consequences for foreign policy,” according to a memorandum obtained by NBC News.

Khalil, a student of high studies, had helped lead student protests against the war in Gaza at the university last year, It was arrested by the immigration authorities On March 8 outside his university -owned apartment in New York City. He was transferred to a detention center in Louisiana, where it remains.

On Tuesday, Louisiana immigration judge Age of the federal government To provide evidence on Wednesday, it justifies her attempt to deport Khalil.

On behalf of the government, Rubio responded in approximately one and a half letter sent to the court on Wednesday.

He cited a mysterious judgment in Immigration and Nationality Law From 1952 to justify the removal of Khalil from the United States, the ruling allows the Minister of Foreign Affairs to deport non -citizens if the Secretary decides to be in the United States “to have dangerous consequences in foreign policy.”

Rubio Khalil was accused of participating in “anti -Semitic protests and sabotage activities, which enhance an anti -Jewish students in the United States.”

He wrote: “The foreign policy of the United States Championship is the basic heroes and American citizens and overlooks the anti -Semitic behavior and sabotage protests in the United States will strongly undermine this important goal of foreign policy.”

In response, Khalil’s lawyer, Baher Azmi, said in a press conference on Thursday that “Immigration authorities have recently recognized that they have no case against him.”

He said, “What really revolves around this issue is whether the permanent legal residents – and other immigrants to this country – can talk about Israel’s brutal attacks on Gaza and Palestine, or any other important discussion issues in the national discourse, without fear of deporting to express the beliefs that the first amendment protects completely.” “Will the following American citizens be?”

Jame Comans, assistant to immigration judge, will decide whether Khalil can be removed from the United States or an order to be released in a hearing scheduled for Friday in Louisiana. If it rules that it can be deported, the Khalil legal team can appeal.

In less than five weeks since the arrest of Khalil, immigration authorities have arrested dozens of foreign students – many of whom are Muslims – at universities throughout the country or canceled their visas.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio He said at a press conference Last month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs canceled more than 300 student consultations.

“We do it every day. Every time I find one of these crazy people, I take out their visas,” Rubio said.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Internal Security announced a work team to monitor the activity of social media for migrants, including foreign students, in order to anti -Semitism. Three sources are familiar with the process NBC News said The work group will examine an estimated 1.5 million foreign students studying in the United States for possible reasons to cancel their visas.

Unprecedented measures come by the immigration system amid the largest federal government campaign for universities in the name of anti -anti -Semitism.

In February, the Ministry of Justice launched a work band to “clarify” what it calls “Anti -Semitic harassment in schools and in the campus of universities.“

The administration has also suspended hundreds of millions of dollars in federal financing for many universities in recent weeks, including ColombiaHarvard University, and Princeon UniversityQuoting dissatisfaction with how universities dealt with protests last year against the war in Gaza.