Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, told Newsmax Friday that the recent arrest and detention of Columbia graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil points to the broader national security threat of Chinese nationals being admitted to the United States on student visas.

Khalil was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Saturday, and his green card was revoked by the Trump administration for his role in organizing anti-Israel protests on Columbia University’s campus. He is currently detained in Louisiana pending deportation and is fighting his removal from the U.S. in the courts.

“Well, let me start with Mahmoud Khalil,” Gill said on “Newsline.” “He was a foreigner who was in the United States on a student visa and a green card.

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