Late yesterday, a federal judge ordered the Justice Department to restore the revoked visas

of a Mexican student and a British student and issued a temporary restraining order preventing

their deportations. It's the latest case of international students targeted by the Trump

administration's crackdown. According to immigration attorneys, over 1,000 student visas have been revoked this year,

as the Trump's State Department argues that some students' actions threaten U.S. foreign policy

interests. Nick Schifrin has more on the policy and its implications.

When Mahmoud Halil, a Palestinian student activist at Columbia University, was arrested in early

March,

the Justice Department submitted a brief that included a memo signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He wrote, quote, an alien is deportable from the United States if the Secretary

of State has reasonable ground to believe that the alien's presence or activities in the U.S.

would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy

consequences for the United States. Rubio wrote that Khalil and another unnamed fellow green card

holders' public actions and continued presence undermine U.S. policy to combat anti-Semitism around

the world and in the United States, in addition to efforts to protect Jewish

students. It's unclear how many cases the State Department has invoked foreign policy when it comes

to visa revocations or deportations. But it's also cited in court documents filed in the case of

Young Siao Chung, a green card holder originally from South Korea, who, like Khalil, protested the war in Gaza on Columbia University's campus.

Last month, Rubio said this when asked why the State Department was taking these steps.

I don't care what movement you're involved in.

Why would any country in the world allow people to come and disrupt?

We gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree, not to become a social

activist that tears up our university campuses. And if we've given you a visa and then you decide to do that,

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