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U.S. secretary defends visa removals and urges diplomacy on Iran; judges and reporters pressed him on enforcement limits
Summary
Secretary of State Michael Rubio told reporters visa issuance is a permission the executive can revoke for national-security reasons and reiterated U.S. openness to negotiating with Iran while saying such talks are difficult; reporters raised a recent U.S. immigration judge ruling and pressed the limits of executive authority.
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Rubio used a Budapest press conference to defend the executive branch's authority over visas, say the U.S. seeks diplomatic solutions with Iran, and decline to negotiate detailed terms on the record.
Answering a Reuters question about a U.S. immigration judge's ruling in a case involving a student who wrote an op‑ed on Gaza, Rubio said visa holders have no constitutional right to a U.S. visa and that the State Department may revoke visas when the individual's presence "poses a threat to…
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