The Trump administration has initiated the deportation process against Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident and Palestinian activist. Secretary of State Marco Rubio identified Khalil in a letter to DHS, claiming he revoked his visa despite Khalil's U.S. citizenship ties. This action, criticized by legal experts as potentially erroneous, signals a crackdown on individuals who participated in protests against U.S. foreign policy. The administration plans to continue targeting other students, heightening fears regarding the intersection of political dissent and immigration enforcement.
As the details of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by U.S. immigration agents first emerged this week, attorneys I spoke with were so astonished that they wondered if the government had made a mistake.
Rubio's letter notified DHS that he had revoked both targets' visas, setting in motion plans for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest and attempt to deport them.
The State Department has also sent the names of "one or two" more students whose visas it has revoked, according to the DHS official.
Khalil, 30, a graduate student who became a prominent leader of campus demonstrations against the war in Gaza last spring, was taken into custody one day after Rubio sent the letter to DHS.
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