US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday he has canceled the visas of more than 300 "lunatics" in a growing crackdown against anti-Israel activism on American university campuses. "If you lie to us and get a visa and then enter the United States, and with that visa, participate in that sort of activity, we're going to take away your visa," he said. sct/mlm
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