Marco Rubio
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If you lie to us and get a visa and then enter the United States and with that visa participate in that sort of activity, we're going to take away your visa. So it's just that simple.
The program's not funded. It was part of the reductions that were made. But we secured the data and we ensure that we have it and can be transferred to any appropriate authorities.
The program's not funded. It was part of the reductions that were made. But we secured the data and we ensure that we have it and can be transferred to any appropriate authorities.
We revoked her visa. It's an F1 visa, I believe. We revoked it, and here's why. And I'll say it again. I've said it everywhere. Let me be abundantly clear.
We revoked her visa. It's an F1 visa, I believe. We revoked it, and here's why. And I'll say it again. I've said it everywhere. Let me be abundantly clear.
If you apply for a visa to enter the United States and be a student, and you tell us that the reason why you're coming to the United States is not just because you want to write op-eds, but because you want to participate in movements that are involved in doing things like vandalizing universities, harassing students, taking over buildings, creating a ruckus, we're not going to give you a visa.
If you apply for a visa to enter the United States and be a student, and you tell us that the reason why you're coming to the United States is not just because you want to write op-eds, but because you want to participate in movements that are involved in doing things like vandalizing universities, harassing students, taking over buildings, creating a ruckus, we're not going to give you a visa.
If you lie to us and get a visa and then enter the United States and with that visa participate in that sort of activity, we're going to take away your visa. And once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States and we have a right, like every country in the world has a right, to remove you from our country. So it's just that simple.
If you lie to us and get a visa and then enter the United States and with that visa participate in that sort of activity, we're going to take away your visa. And once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States and we have a right, like every country in the world has a right, to remove you from our country. So it's just that simple.
We gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree, not to become a social activist that tears up our university campuses. And if we've given you a visa and then you decide to do that, we're going to take it away.
We gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree, not to become a social activist that tears up our university campuses. And if we've given you a visa and then you decide to do that, we're going to take it away.
Okay, okay, okay.
Okay, okay, okay.
Okay, okay, okay.
The activities presented to me meet the standard of what I've just described to you. People that are supportive of movements that run counter to the foreign policy of the United States. If necessary, and a court compels us, we'll provide that information. But ultimately, it's a visa. Judges don't issue student visas. There is no right to a student visa.
The activities presented to me meet the standard of what I've just described to you. People that are supportive of movements that run counter to the foreign policy of the United States. If necessary, and a court compels us, we'll provide that information. But ultimately, it's a visa. Judges don't issue student visas. There is no right to a student visa.
The activities presented to me meet the standard of what I've just described to you. People that are supportive of movements that run counter to the foreign policy of the United States. If necessary, and a court compels us, we'll provide that information. But ultimately, it's a visa. Judges don't issue student visas. There is no right to a student visa.
We are not going to be importing activists into the United States. They're here to study. They're here to go to class. They're not here to lead activist movements that are disruptive and undermine our universities. I think it's lunacy to continue to allow that.
We are not going to be importing activists into the United States. They're here to study. They're here to go to class. They're not here to lead activist movements that are disruptive and undermine our universities. I think it's lunacy to continue to allow that.
We are not going to be importing activists into the United States. They're here to study. They're here to go to class. They're not here to lead activist movements that are disruptive and undermine our universities. I think it's lunacy to continue to allow that.