Marco Rubio Says He’s Revoked 300 Student Visas Over Campus Activism
Over the past several weeks, a handful of student visa holders and other legal residents have faced deportation for nebulous allegations that they supported terrorism—often being detained and taken away by immigration officials with seemingly no due process, or even an allegation of criminal wrongdoing. Shockingly, the number of affected individuals has reached into the hundreds. On Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed that he has personally intervened to cancel the visas of around 300 students.
“It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa.” Rubio said during a Thursday press conference. “At some point, I hope we run out because we’ve gotten rid of all of them, but, we’re looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up.”
“We gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree, not become a social activist that tears up our university campuses. And if we’ve given you a visa and you decide to do that, we’re going to take it
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