legal limbo
White House offers legal justification for deportation of Columbia protest leader
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt referenced a federal statute that allows the secretary of state to deport immigrants who are ‘adversarial’ to U.S. ‘foreign policy and national security interests’
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes a question from a reporter during the daily press briefing at the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.
As questions swirl about the Trump administration’s legal authority to revoke the green card of Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered an answer on Tuesday — a federal statute that permits removing...