Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that 300 student visas have been revoked, asserting “we have a right” to rescind the visas of students who participate in campus protests, despite questions about due process and First Amendment objections.

“If you apply for a visa to enter the US and be a student, and you tell us that the reason why you’re coming to the US is not just because you want to write op-eds, but because you want to participate in movements that are involved in doing things like vandalizing universities, harassing students, taking over buildings, creating a ruckus, we’re not going to give you a visa. If you lie to us and get a visa then enter the US, and with that visa, participate in that sort of activity, we"re going to take away your visa”, - said Rubio.

He continued that if a student then lost his or her visa, “you’re no longer legally in the US. And we have a right, like every country in the world has a right, to remove you from our country”.

Rubio said that at least 300 students had their visas revoked: “We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa”.

It’s unclear if these students were notified of the revocations in advance.