Scott Jennings and his fellow panelists on « CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip » got into a heated debate on the deportation of a Palestinian immigrant activist on Monday.
Scott Jennings got into a heated back-and-forth with his fellow panelists on « CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip » over the deportation of a Palestinian immigrant activist, on Monday night.
Mahmoud Khalil, who students claim was a leader of protests and encampments on the Columbia University campus in New York City for months, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Saturday, according to Fox News sources.
ICE agents told Khalil that they were acting on a State Department order to revoke his green card and student visa, according to Khalil’s attorney, Amy E. Greer of Dratel & Lewis. She released a statement alleging that ICE agents wrongfully arrested Khalil.
CNN’s Abby Phillip asked Jennings if he had seen « any evidence to suggest that there is actually a serious reason to believe that this student is going to be a threat to national security » in the U.S.
Jennings stared back at Philip with wide eyes as she asked her question, eventually being cut off multiple times as he tried to respond.
« I certainly watched the abomination that’s gone on at Columbia and Barnard and other places. And I will just tell you — » Jennings said before being interrupted by Phillip.
« Okay, so a threat to national security? » Phillip asked.
