If we’re going to deport immigrants who came here legally because they endangered our national security, I don’t see how we can toss Mahmoud Khalil out of the country. However much his advocacy of Palestine and Hamas may infuriate many Americans and the current administration, the government hasn’t produced a single syllable showing how Khalil’s conduct impaired American security. Under the administration’s stated criteria for sending back immigrants whence they came, one immigrant who eminently deserves deportation springs to mind. That would be Elon Musk, who just in the past month fired the federal workers who kept our nuclear arsenal secure. If that’s not endangering our national security, I don’t know what is. Any administration genuinely concerned about our citizenry’s survival would be rigging a slow boat to South Africa for Elon right now. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sought to elucidate the justifications for Khalil’s pending deportation. In one tweet, he said the green cards of Hamas supporters in the U.S. will be revoked "so they can be deported." Speaking to the press, he also cited the campus disruptions in which Khalil was involved, saying students and professors are "afraid to go to class because these lunatics are running around with covers on their face, screaming terrifying things."
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