The State Department on Thursday indicated it would review the legal status of immigrants “praising, rationalizing, or making light” of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting.
The Trump administration has previously targeted immigrants for review and possible removal for activities such as participating in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.
“In light of yesterday’s horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said in a Thursday post on X.
“I have been disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action.”
Democratic and Republican leaders were both quick to condemn political
I guess it’s better than declaring all-out war on the left as so many are doing but it’s still reprehensible. First of all, how do they know which commenters are immigrants? Is this a thing? Second of all, it would be good to have a definition of “praising, rationalizing and making light” because that could be anything.
Whoever he is and whatever the motive, the psycho who killed Charlie Kirk certainly did a lot of good for the authoritarian project.