Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims feds can deport Mahmoud Khalil solely over his ‘antisemitic’ beliefs

(NY Post) Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued the feds can deport Columbia protest leader Mahmoud Khalil solely over what they describe as his “antisemitic” beliefs, ahead of a Friday hearing in his immigration case.

Rubio’s memo — which was less than two pages long — was submitted to a Louisiana immigration judge who on Tuesday ordered the federal government to submit all their evidence to bolster their bid to kick the legal U.S. resident, born in Syria, out of the country.

Rubio’s memo said Khalil’s presence in the country undermines “U.S. policy to combat antisemitism around the world and in the United States, in addition to efforts to protect Jewish students from harassment and violence in the United States.”

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