U.S. law distinguishes between the rights afforded U.S. citizens and those afforded visitors to the U.S. who are not citizens. That’s the basic law, although who are terrorists, what constitutes support, and is the distinction constitutional are debatable issues. From Peter Nayland Kust at allfactsmatter.us:
In addition to Mahmoud Khalil we are now asked to be appalled at the pending deportation of Rumeysa Ozturk, after her visa was revoked by the US State Department.
Ozturk is one of several foreign nationals affiliated with prestigious American universities to be arrested under the Trump administration for purported activities related to terrorist organizations, including Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist, who was taken into custody at his Columbia University housing earlier this month.
Ozturk “engaged in activities in support of Hamas,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement Wednesday. The spokesperson didn’t specify what those alleged activities were.
No charges have been filed against Ozturk, her attorney told CNN.
Corporate media still insists on being shocked and appalled at such detentions and deportations, unable to fathom that a person’s visa might be revoked when the US State Department finds them supporting a known terrorist organization.
Corporate media insists you believe this is dangerous suppression of Free Speech.
Corporate media is wrong. Once again, this is not a Free Speech issue. This is an issue of visa holders not complying with the terms and conditions under which a visa is issued.
Rumeysa Ozturk is in the United States on an F1 Visa, pursuing a graduate degree at Tufts University. At the time of her detention earlier this week, she was close to completing her dissertation.
What is being reported as the reason for the revocation of her visa is that she wrote an Op-Ed piece last March in the Tufts University newspaper criticizing the university for not “divesting” from Israel.
