State Department Spokesperson Asked About Judge Ruling Grounds For Deporting Khalil As 'Unconstitutionally Vague'

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During a State Department press briefing on Thursday, spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about a federal judge ruling that the Trump administration's grounds to deport Mahmoud Khalil were 'unconstitutionally vague'.

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00:00I want to go back to the visa.

00:03Visa. All right. Let's get one more question regarding Gaza.

00:07Yes, in the Middle East. Go ahead.

00:10Go ahead. Yes, you go ahead.

00:12We won't go right back. We won't go to visas.

00:13We've spent a great deal of time on that. Go ahead.

00:17Yeah, go ahead.

00:18I got a Gaza visa question rolled into one, so it's jackpot.

00:21The Mahfoud Khalil case, the federal district judge ruling yesterday

00:25that while he found that Khalil gave insufficient responses

00:28to allegations that he omitted key information from his application,

00:32the judge also ruled that Secretary Rubio's determination

00:35that Khalil's activities would have an adverse impact

00:39on American foreign policy were unconstitutionally vague.

00:43Does the secretary have a reaction to that, number one?

00:45And number two, does it change the position or the tactic going forward?

00:49Yeah, so again, let's just take that back for next week.

00:53I mean, I do want to get a direct response for you for that,

00:55but I literally have to go in a few minutes.

00:57Normally, I would stay for as long as I could,

01:00but there's something I can't avoid.

01:01Yes?

01:02Yes.

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