Mahmoud Kalil, Columbia anti-Israel agitator, being deported over ‘pro-Hamas’ flyers: White Home
WASHINGTON — White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed Tuesday that former Columbia College pupil Mahmoud Khalil is within the strategy of being deported for allegedly circulating “pro-Hamas propaganda flyers.”
Khalil was arrested Saturday by Division of Homeland Safety officers — changing into the posterboy of a crackdown on alleged antisemitism by overseas residents on school campuses — although it was not instantly clear why he was chosen because the preliminary goal.
“The secretary of state has the correct to revoke a inexperienced card or a visa for people who serve or adversarial to the overseas coverage and nationwide safety pursuits of the US of America,” Leavitt stated at her common briefing.
“And Mahmoud Khalil was a person who was given the privilege of coming to this nation to review at certainly one of our nation’s best universities and schools. And he took benefit of that chance, of that privilege by siding with terrorists, Hamas terrorists who’ve killed harmless males, girls and kids.”
She added: “That is a person who organized group protests that not solely disrupted school campus courses and harassed Jewish American college students and made them really feel unsafe on their very own school campus, but additionally distributed pro-Hamas propaganda flyers with the brand of Hamas.”
“That’s what the habits and exercise that this particular person engaged in. And I’ve these flyers on my desk. They have been offered to me by the Division of Homeland Safety,” Leavitt stated.
“I thought of bringing them into this briefing room to share with all of you, however I didn’t suppose it was well worth the dignity of this room to deliver that professional– quantity of propaganda, however that’s what this particular person distributed on the campus of Columbia College, and this administration just isn’t going to tolerate people… finding out in our nation and siding with pro-terrorist organizations which have killed People. We now have a zero tolerance coverage for siding with terrorists right here.”
