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Art Arthur

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The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

And, you know, I can assure you that when it came to immigration, Joe Biden was the outlier, not Donald Trump. So, yeah, I mean, and Trump also inherited a very significant situation because of the Biden administration's immigration policies, where he does have to deal with a lot of immigrant criminals in this country. The immigration court system is slow.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

The Alien Enemies Act is a lot quicker if courts allow him to use it.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

The Alien Enemies Act is a lot quicker if courts allow him to use it.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

The Alien Enemies Act is a lot quicker if courts allow him to use it.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

So Mahmoud Khalil is a graduate student or a person who's about to graduate from Columbia University. He was born in Syria, a Palestinian parent, and he is married to a United States citizen who's pregnant with his child. He has a green card. I believe he got his green card back in November.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

So Mahmoud Khalil is a graduate student or a person who's about to graduate from Columbia University. He was born in Syria, a Palestinian parent, and he is married to a United States citizen who's pregnant with his child. He has a green card. I believe he got his green card back in November.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

So Mahmoud Khalil is a graduate student or a person who's about to graduate from Columbia University. He was born in Syria, a Palestinian parent, and he is married to a United States citizen who's pregnant with his child. He has a green card. I believe he got his green card back in November.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

And he was arrested a few weeks back by ICE officers because the State Department has determined that his presence in the United States has potentially serious adverse foreign policy implications for the United States. There's a specific ground of removability, Section 237A4C.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

And he was arrested a few weeks back by ICE officers because the State Department has determined that his presence in the United States has potentially serious adverse foreign policy implications for the United States. There's a specific ground of removability, Section 237A4C.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

And he was arrested a few weeks back by ICE officers because the State Department has determined that his presence in the United States has potentially serious adverse foreign policy implications for the United States. There's a specific ground of removability, Section 237A4C.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

that permits the Secretary of State to make such a determination and that renders an individual against whom such determination has been made removable from the United States, even if you have a green card. And the basic idea is that, you know, this person simply being in the United States has some very serious foreign policy impact. And for that reason, the person has to go.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

that permits the Secretary of State to make such a determination and that renders an individual against whom such determination has been made removable from the United States, even if you have a green card. And the basic idea is that, you know, this person simply being in the United States has some very serious foreign policy impact. And for that reason, the person has to go.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

that permits the Secretary of State to make such a determination and that renders an individual against whom such determination has been made removable from the United States, even if you have a green card. And the basic idea is that, you know, this person simply being in the United States has some very serious foreign policy impact. And for that reason, the person has to go.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

Probably the best scenario that you and I could think about for this would be the Shah of Iran. You remember, after he was deposed, the Shah came to the United States for medical treatment. And his presence in this country, you know, eventually led to the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. So, and that's really why Congress wrote that law. And now it's being used against Mr. Khalil.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

Probably the best scenario that you and I could think about for this would be the Shah of Iran. You remember, after he was deposed, the Shah came to the United States for medical treatment. And his presence in this country, you know, eventually led to the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. So, and that's really why Congress wrote that law. And now it's being used against Mr. Khalil.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

Probably the best scenario that you and I could think about for this would be the Shah of Iran. You remember, after he was deposed, the Shah came to the United States for medical treatment. And his presence in this country, you know, eventually led to the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. So, and that's really why Congress wrote that law. And now it's being used against Mr. Khalil.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

He's sitting in custody in Louisiana right now. What do you think? The really critical part of this, Mike, and this is the part that nobody's talking about, is what that foreign policy interest is. Secretary of State Rubio has talked a lot about this guy and about how aliens in the United States don't have a right to live here permanently. And he's more or less correct about that.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

He's sitting in custody in Louisiana right now. What do you think? The really critical part of this, Mike, and this is the part that nobody's talking about, is what that foreign policy interest is. Secretary of State Rubio has talked a lot about this guy and about how aliens in the United States don't have a right to live here permanently. And he's more or less correct about that.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

He's sitting in custody in Louisiana right now. What do you think? The really critical part of this, Mike, and this is the part that nobody's talking about, is what that foreign policy interest is. Secretary of State Rubio has talked a lot about this guy and about how aliens in the United States don't have a right to live here permanently. And he's more or less correct about that.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 22nd, 2025: Trump’s Venezuelan Gang Deportations & U.S. Hits Back At Houthis

A lot of people are missing that crucial point. There are a couple of things. One could be our foreign policy relationship with Israel.