Rubio says he has canceled the visas of more than 300 people linked to pro-Palestine protests
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6W7FB)
Secretary of state called those with revoked visas lunatics' as video shows masked immigration officers sweeping people off streets
The US state department is undertaking a widespread visa-review process, revoking hundreds of visas and placing hundreds more under scrutiny, targeting mostly foreign nationals engaged in pro-Palestine activism, according to official statements.
The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, confirmed the scale of the crackdown, announcing that he has canceled visas for more than 300 people he called lunatics" connected to campus pro-Palestine protests in the US, with promises of action to continue daily.
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