Rubio's top deputy calls on social media to rat out 'foreigners who glorify violence' after Charlie Kirk killing

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Source: The Independent

Rubio’s top deputy calls on social media to rat out ‘foreigners who glorify violence’ after Charlie Kirk killing

Top State Department official indicates agency will renew effort to punish foreign-born students who air views deemed as extolling violence

John Bowden
in Washington, D.C.
Thursday 11 September 2025 19:13 BST

A top State Department official on Thursday gave a hint as to how Charlie Kirk’s killing could energize the Trump administration’s efforts to target foreigners living legally in the United States for expulsion.

Chris Landau, the top official serving under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, tweeted that his MAGA followers on X should report to the State Department if they believe a foreign-born person living in the United States is “glorifying violence” in their speech or actions.

“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,” Landau wrote.

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The statement is a sign of the Trump administration’s continued efforts to restrict the First Amendment rights of foreigners living in the United States, which some of the president’s MAGA allies deny extends to anyone not born in America. The Supreme Court ruled to the contrary in Bridges vs Wixon in 1945.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/state-department-charlie-kirk-rubio-b2824924.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rubio-top-deputy-calls-social-181317710.html