"This "foreign policy" provision, historically deployed sparingly, authorizes deportation if the secretary of state determines that a noncitizen's continued presence would have "potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences." In Khalil's case, the current secretary of state, Marco Rubio, concluded that he was subject to this ground because he had engaged in "antisemitic conduct and disruptive protests" that created "a hostile environment for Jewish students.""
"These charges, which have largely flown under the radar, allege that Khalil omitted three important pieces of information in his green card application: 1) that he had been a member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, a UN agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees and which has been alleged to have links to Hamas;"
The administration invoked a rarely used 'foreign policy' provision that authorizes deportation if the secretary of state determines a noncitizen's continued presence would have 'potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences.' Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded that Mahmoud Khalil engaged in 'antisemitic conduct and disruptive protests' that created 'a hostile environment for Jewish students.' The initial charge framed Khalil as a foreign policy threat based on political activism and provoked outrage and constitutional concerns about deporting lawful political speech. The government then filed three additional deportation charges alleging omissions on Khalil's green card application: membership in UNRWA, membership in Columbia University Apartheid Divest, and misstated employment dates at the Syria Office of the British Embassy in Beirut.
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