At a State Department press briefing on Thursday, Spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about Columbia University students who blocked their library.
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00:00Thank you, Tammy. Following the demonstrations yesterday from pro-Palestinian protesters in
00:04Columbia University's Butler Library, the secretary also treated that the Trump administration would
00:09be reviewing the visa status of the individuals involved. Can you say anything more on that? Is
00:14that review underway? And if so, have any of the visas been revoked?
00:19Yes, the secretary had noted that regarding the vandalism, the violence, the holding of that room,
00:29that those individuals would be looked at regarding their status and what was happening.
00:36And I believe that is ongoing. So if there is a dynamic also, he noted that Hamas supporters are
00:45not going to remain in this country and that action would be taken there. So certainly he's
00:50been consistent. He means it. And in this particular case, you had people arrested and that building
00:57was reopened. And I think that the nature of our promise that people who are in this country
01:04with a visa and who do not follow our laws or affect the nature of what's important to our country when
01:11it comes to our foreign policy and national security will be acted on in that regard. And yes, he said it
01:18and I believe him and that's the word you can take for it, I think.
01:21Yes.