Border Emperor Tom Homan warned that Columbia University's anti-Israel protestor Mahmoud Khalil would become the first “many” legal green cardholders of many “many” legal green cardholders who were targeted for deportation if they abused their rights.
Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born Palestinian who earned a graduate degree from the Ivy League in December, is currently fighting deportation after being detained by federal immigration agents at Big Apple over the weekend.
The 30-year-old, the driving force behind many anti-Israel protests, built the takeovers and camps that have plagued Colombia for more than a year, but had not been charged with crimes linked to his activities prior to his arrest.
Still, Homan on Monday claimed that the federal government could “absolutely” button someone from the US — even if they were legally here — and that Halil, who he vowed, would never be locked up in the end and potentially abandoned.
“It's just one of many,” Homan said. “Varney & Co” from Fox Business Network Monday in Khalil's detention.
“I mean, did he violate the terms of the visa? Did he violate the terms of the residency here, you know, did he commit a crime, attack an Israeli student, locked up a building, destroyed his property?” Homan added.
“Absolutely, any foreigner resident who commits a crime is eligible for deportation.”
After a federal judge in New York City ordered Halil, who is piercing a hole in a Louisiana immigration prison on Monday, he will not be deported while courts overwhelm the legal challenges brought by his lawyers and alleges that the ice has illegally detained him.
A hearing is set for Wednesday.
In a court application, Khalil's lawyer said the graduate was told by the ice agent who grabbed him that the alumni had revoked his green card and was taken before the immigration judge.
Despite the legal hurdles, Homan was never the last target of President Trump among the crackdown anti-Israel protesters promised on the green card.
“We are going to send a strong message that anyone here on a foreign visa, that you have been given a great right to come to the greatest country on the planet and study at our university,” Homan said.
“But when you came here to study, you had to comply with the laws of this country. While you were here, you had to comply with the requirements of that visa.”
“So it's a great privilege to study in this country, but when you give you the right to study in this country, don't violate our laws,” he added.
White House sources revealed Monday that Halil is being investigated as a potential national security threat after Secretary of State Marco Rubio “received intelligence news.”
It was not immediately apparent that the intelligence reporting agency was obtained, but sources said Homeland Security is “collecting Intel” for “actively involved in supporting Hamas.”
