The Trump administration has begun acting on its worthy goal of removing aliens who support Hamas — its jihadist terror and its antisemitism. It has chosen a tough case to start with: a lawful permanent resident alien (LPR) — a status in which the alien enjoys the most robust protection that our law provides for non-Americans. Still, the administration should prevail for the reasons best articulated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio: An alien privileged to reside in the United States, even a green-card holder, should not be able to engage in activities that would form a legal basis to exclude the alien from entering our country in the first place.
On Saturday night, as our Haley Strack reports, federal immigration agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, who claims Palestinian heritage. Khalil is a recent Columbia graduate and, at the time of his arrest, was still a resident of Columbia-owned housing.
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