Administration officials cited a rarely used provision that allows people’s removal if they present “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt alleged that Khalil had played a role in organizing demonstrations at which fliers were handed out bearing a logo for Hamas, which she did not display.

The arrest of terrorist-sympathizing former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is aimed at rooting out antisemitism from colleges.