In a March 27 news conference, Secretary Rubio reaffirmed that the reason for Rümeysa's arrest & detention was her actual & perceived pro-Palestinian speech & political activity. At the conference, a member of the media asked Secretary Rubio to explain the specific actions that led to Rümeysa's visa being revoked. The Secretary responded "oh, we revoked her visa," & continued: “We gave you a visa to come & study & get a degree not to become a social activist that tears up our university campuses. And if we've given you a visa & then you decide do that we're going to take it away. We don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back & do it in your country. But you're not going to do it in our country." Secretary Rubio added: "Every time I find one of these lunatics I take away their visa," suggesting that hundreds of visas have been revoked in furtherance of the administration's Policy of targeting noncitizens for their pro-Palestinian speech.'
#RümeysaÖztürk's filing contains a paragraph each on the similar treatment of #RanjaniSrinivasan, #MahmoudKahlil, #YunseoChung, #BadarKhanSuri, & #MomodouTaal.
It also quotes 🤬 #MarcoRubio:
#immigration #law #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction […]
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