President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, made it crystal clear this week that Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil will be deported, despite a roller coaster of legal challenges.
According to Newsmax, Homan, during an interview on "Finnerty," reacted to an "appeals court ruling on Wednesday preventing the Trump administration from re-detaining Khalil as it continues to appeal a federal judge's decision to release him last month."
Khalil was set to be deported by the Trump administration for his prominent role in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, along with inconsistencies on his green card.
The Trump administration's efforts to deport and re-detain him have been challenged at every turn.
Trump's border Czar held nothing back in explaining what he believes Khalil's fate will ultimately be.
He pointed out the "radical judges" that continue to try and hamstring the Trump administration's deportation efforts across the board.
"Well, look, we're going to litigate. We'll appeal the decision ... we got radical judges just trying to stop the Trump administration from doing our job and enforcing the law," he said during the interview.
Homan went on to explain that it's up to the courts to rule on what's stated in federal law, and either way, he'll be deported, one way or another.
"If the appeals court rules on the specifics of the case and rules on what the law says, there's only one ending: We detain him and deport him, but regardless, he will be deported. He's been ordered deported."
Newsmax noted:
Khalil, a green card holder who is married to a U.S. citizen, was released from federal custody in Louisiana last month by a district judge whose ruling superseded that of an immigration judge who ordered that Khalil remain detained.
Homan explained that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has the authority to cancel his visa.
"And the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has full authority to cancel a visa because [Khalil's] indifferent to our foreign policy. And it's not just what he said," Homan said. "I read all these media people, Oh, well, he has his First Amendment rights."
He reminded listeners that First Amendment rights are also limited.
"Look, First Amendment rights have a limitation, too. I can't say I'm going to kill a president, or I can't say a movie theater and say 'fire,' or I can't say something really bad about you on purpose. That's false; that's libel."
