Revoking visas, proudly

 

Jeffrey St. Clair >

+ Of the 240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned to Salvador’s notorious prison two months ago, the Cato Institute identified 50 who entered the US legally and never violated any immigration law. Even so, they are now imprisoned in a foreign concentration camp at the request of the US government and at the US taxpayers’ expense: “These legal immigrants are being treated worse than murderers are in the US. They had no right to legal representation, no trials before imprisonment, were disappeared, and are now imprisoned indefinitely in conditions that SCOTUS has said would violate the 8th Amendment. This is clearly a crime, and DHS Sec. Noem and others should be impeached for it.”

+ Marco Rubio being questioned in the House on the arrest, detention and attempted deportation of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk: Someone comes up here to stir up problems on our campus, we’re going to revoke their visa.

Rep. Jayapal: She didn’t do any of that. She wrote an op-ed. You revoked her visa.

Rubio: Yes, proudly.

+ This week, ICE rejected a request by Mahmoud Khalil to have a “contact visit” with his newborn so he can hold his baby for the first time. There’s no reason for this petty denial, except cruelty and retaliation for exposing the political nature of his arrest and detention. Khalil has committed no crime. He’s done something worse. He’s condemned the genocide against Palestinians, a moral stance for which he will never be forgiven by those who are complicit.