Tareq Alkhudari entered the United States in 2014 on a student visa to attend San Jose State University. By November 2024, he had a green card. By 2026, he was posting on Bluesky that "the enemy remains Isntreal and Amerika" — his spelling — and publicly wishing that President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would "perish from a comet."
He's now in federal custody waiting for a one-way flight to Kuwait.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked Alkhudari's lawful permanent resident status, and the Department of Homeland Security moved him into ICE custody pending removal.
"The Trump administration will never allow foreigners who denigrate our great nation to abuse the hospitality of the United States and remain on American soil," a State Department official commented.
Alkhudari's social media trail reads like a checklist of things you probably shouldn't post when you're a guest in the country you're trashing. Beyond the "Isntreal and Amerika" post, he wrote that he hoped "whatever the other carries is contagious and they both perish from a comet" — referring to Trump and Netanyahu.
He also mocked American culture, writing that Americans "satiate your desperations from theatrical representations with more American consumerism."
He also penned a newspaper piece criticizing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, arguing Mamdani "came from the heart of the American liberal establishment" — apparently not radical enough for Alkhudari's taste.
This wasn't a single heated post after a bad day. This was a pattern — a green card holder who used American platforms, American infrastructure, and American legal protections to openly root for a terrorist organization and wish death on the sitting president. Hamas murdered 1,200 people on October 7, 2023. Alkhudari looked at that and picked a side.
The legal mechanism here is straightforward. A green card is not citizenship. It's a privilege extended by the United States government, and that privilege can be revoked. The State Department terminated his status. DHS picked him up. The process worked exactly as designed.
Some will argue this sets a dangerous precedent for free speech. But Alkhudari isn't a citizen. The First Amendment protects Americans from government censorship — it doesn't guarantee foreign nationals the right to remain in a country they openly despise while cheering on its enemies. There's a meaningful difference between an American exercising his right to criticize policy and a Kuwaiti national on a revocable visa wishing death on the president.
The State Department found the appropriate response. It was a plane ticket.