JORGE MARTINEZ: Green Cards For Patriots, Not Terrorist Sympathizers

In recent days, the arrest and impending deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student, have ignited a critical conversation about our Nation’s immigration policies.

This incident underscores the urgent need to reassess how the federal government allocates the privilege of U.S. residency. It is imperative that we grant green cards to individuals who genuinely support and appreciate America rather than to those who endorse terrorist organizations.

Khalil’s case is alarming. His actions reportedly created an environment of fear among Jewish students, and he was detained for distributing pro-Hamas propaganda on campus. Hamas, recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government, is responsible for numerous attacks against civilians. Providing a platform for such groups within our borders is not only unacceptable but also dangerous.

The media and the Left are trying to frame this as a free speech issue, which it is not. Free speech has nothing to do with the targeting of Jewish American students, pro-terrorist activism, vandalism and pushing civil unrest, which Khalil has done. He’s a “senior activist” of a group named Columbia University Apartheid Divest, which has called for violence to be “the only path forward” and has openly supported “liberation by any means necessary, including armed resistance.”

Khalil doesn’t have an inerrant right to be in America. He is a guest. Anyone with common sense can clearly see that he has outstayed his welcome.

President Donald J. Trump and his administration have taken decisive steps