Soleimani Relatives Arrested After Rubio Revokes Status
“The Trump Administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked green cards tied to relatives of Qasem Soleimani, triggering arrests by federal agents and signaling a more aggressive use of immigration authority against individuals linked to hostile regimes.
Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living lavishly in the United States.
Afshar is the niece of deceased Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. She is also an outspoken supporter of the Iranian regime who celebrated attacks on…
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) April 4, 2026
Reuters reported the arrests followed directly from the termination of lawful permanent resident status, confirming the timeline laid out by officials.
“U.S. federal agents have arrested the niece and grand-niece of late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their lawful permanent resident status.”
The State Department identified the individuals now in custody.
“Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
Officials tied the decision to Afshar’s public statements and online activity, which they say aligned with Iran’s leadership and openly supported the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. The department cited repeated praise of attacks on American forces and messaging consistent with regime propaganda.
“While living in the United States, she promoted Iranian regime propaganda, celebrated attacks against American soldiers and military facilities in the Middle East, praised the new Iranian Supreme Leader, denounced America as the ‘Great Satan,’ and voiced her unflinching support for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
The department also pointed to what it described as a stark contrast between that advocacy and her life in the United States.
“Afshar Soleimani pushed this propaganda for Iran’s terrorist regime while enjoying a lavish lifestyle in Los Angeles.”
This was not an isolated step. Earlier this month, the department revoked the legal status of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, the daughter of Ali Larijani, and her husband, both of whom are now barred from reentry. The sequence points to a broader pattern targeting individuals with direct family or political ties to senior figures inside Iran’s government.
Officials framed the action as part of a wider national security posture under Donald Trump, focusing on denying residency to those who publicly support designated terrorist groups.
“The Trump Administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes.”
The arrests and status terminations relied on coordination between the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The approach treats public advocacy and affiliation as grounds for removal when tied to designated terrorist organizations.
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This is one of the best things the Trump Administration has done. Deport, deport, and deport!
Maybe we should hang on to her to trade for our pilot if need be.
Deportation rate must be increased by 2-4 orders of magnitude. The best away to accomplish this are severe disincentives.
Good riddance. We should not be sheltering terrorists or their supporters.
How about we drone them here in LA rather in Iran, It’s closer.
This is what i voted for.
“Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living lavishly in the United States.”
Why are these people even here?
I don’t mean, “why did we let them in?”
I mean, whatever possessed people like this to decide, “You know where would be a nice place to live? The USA!”
Because they can live high on the hog here. They don’t have to hide the booze when neighbors come over. They can wear Armani instead of burqa. The boys can go to a strip club.
That’s why. And we allow them to spout their ideology and hatred of the place.
What better place to live? Particularly when the infidels invite you?
“Sure, my uncle shouts DEATH TO THE GREAT SATAN AMERICA on TV every week, and trains terrorists to shoot up Americans and Europeans, but… LA is where I’d rather stay — I get allergic smelling gheymeh!
What could possibly go wrong?” 🤦🏻♂️
Probably promised Schmuck Schumer illegal invader votes.
Good. More of this, please.
Naturally, the wretched Biden-Harris Administration had no problem welcoming subversive Islamofascists/Muslim supremacists to our shores.
Start through ALL the green cards, working backwards, ferreting out all of the American enemies. Vet thoroughly any kin that might otherwise claim to be hiding from their home authorities. Then, send them home
THEN start through all the dual citizens. Give them their choice of allegiance. Then send them home if they don’t choose America, alone.
Do Somalians first and then Chinese followed by the rest of the muslims.
Why do serial processing when you can parallel process? We have technology and the manpower to make it happen.
So do the Somalians in parallel an then the Chinese in parallel. I wasn’t suggesting we only do 1 alien at a time.
Agreed for adults. I’d allow children to remain dual Citizens until they turn 18 then give them until 19 to accept sole US Citizenship. Make it simple by incorporating it into Selective Service registration. Require Females to register, make the penalties for failure to register apply at age 19. Make it a reportable offense for any adult US Citizen under age 62 not to have registered. FWIW one can still.serve in the National Guard to age 64 so no whining about ‘I’m too old’. Yes, all adult females under 64 would need to register or face penalties just as males must do (not eligible for Fed programs/loans, not eligible for federal employment among other things plus the possibility of 5 years in prison and a $250K fine)
2 of the wife’s kids were dual citizens. She is just as adamant about it as I am, remain dual until 18 then chose one or the other. Selective service is another thing. If women are as good as men and can do anything they can then register just like men have to do. One thing I’ve wondered about Dept of Ed is that there didn’t seem to be a push with the Federal Student Loans and examining if all the recipients of those, Pell Grants etc have all registered in order to be eligible for them. I bet there are a ton of them that should be disqualified.
The holdup on the selective service angle is b/c the penalties for failure to register don’t kick in until age 26. Gotta make the penalized hit at 19 and require everyone to register. Using that registration requirement then becomes another basis for removal of illegal aliens if they refuse to register or provide false/incomplete data.
Again, you can’t do that. Once someone is validly a citizen, whether by birth or by naturalization, the constitution does not allow its revocation no matter what. Any law congress makes that revokes someone’s citizenship is automatically void.
And all male US residents between 18 and 26 already have to register, regardless of their citizenship or legal status.
Milhouse, sure we can. We had very long period where dual Citizenship wasn’t a ‘thing’. Return to the prior understanding about potential divided allegiance isn’t a big impediment, it is a policy shift. Citizenship creates a set of reciprocal obligations exclusive to the relationship between Citizen and Nation. There’s no room for a ‘side chick’ in that relationship.
The use of a revised selective service registration process makes it simple. Universal registration for everyone at age 18 including females and as a one off everyone age 18-62 who didn’t previously register including females. This brings actual equality and accountability. Those who refuse to do so….well they get the penalties imposed. At $250K each the fines from mass refusal will help fund mass deportation. Seize their assets, sell them off to pay it. Put them into prison for five years, strip their voting privilege for the felony, Amend the end penalties to restrict their eligibility for ANY Federal loans, grant, program (including SSA). They’ll weed themselves out.
Use the registration to create a choice register or don’t and take the penalties BUT restrict the ability to register to those who owe sole allegiance to the USA. So if one turns 18, goes to register but is a dual Citizen they gotta renounce their Citizenship of Nation X before allowed to do so. Otherwise they face penalties. If Nation X isn’t a solid US ally and we are ever in a dispute with Nation X use the Enemy Alien act to round them up and deport them.
You can’t do that without a constitutional amendment, which you don’t have the numbers to pass.
What exactly is considered a dual citizen? I’m a Jew. If I go to Israel I can be a citizen there. An anti-Jew would consider me a dual citizen and blather on about how I have dual loyalty. They do it all the time about any Jew. However I’ve never been to Israel and consider myself an American. So what exactly do people mean when they use the term dual citizen?
Have you actually received Israeli citizenship? If not, then you’re not a dual citizen. Just because you’re eligible doesn’t mean you are a citizen. When they say dual citizen, they mean just that. Someone who is a legal citizen of two countries simultaneously with the rights of both.
A dual citizen is a person who is a citizen of two countries. There are also people with three or more citizenships. This is very common in the world, and always has been.
For instance, if a US citizen has a child in another country, in most cases that child will be a citizen of both the USA and the country of birth. Depending on the other country’s laws, of course, but in most cases that will be the case, especially if the parents are living there rather than merely passing through. And certainly if at least one parent is a citizen of that country.
Also, while the USA requires people naturalizing to renounce their previous citizenships, many countries do not. Therefore if someone becomes a citizen of those countries they keep their old citizenship as well.
So a US citizen who is naturalized in such a country and chooses not to voluntarily renounce his US citizenship becomes a citizen of both countries. Since the US constitution does not allow US citizenship to be lost involuntarily, there is nothing the USA can do about this.
A US citizen (whether Jewish or not) who becomes an Israeli citizen will usually choose to keep his US citizenship as well, and thus become a dual citizen. And a US citizen’s children born in Israel will also be dual citizens.
But Jews are not automatically Israeli citizens; they are merely entitled as of right to claim Israeli citizenship should they choose to do so. A Jew who has not exercised that right is not an Israeli citizen in any way whatsoever, and if he visits Israel he has none of the rights of citizenship. Alien Jews can’t vote in Israel, any more than any other alien can. So the idea that all Jews are Israeli citizens is an antisemitic lie.
The NY Post reproduced some of her pictures from a social media account. The way she dressed would cause her to be imprisoned back in Iran. And they need to be widely distributed there to show how the Iranian ruling class actually lives.
My question is…what took so long? Why weren’t they arrested after the strikes last year? Or on inauguration day?
Probably because doing that back then would pretty much amount to arresting for nothing more than hurty words 🤷♂️ However now, now they are open supporters of your enemies regime and should be deported asap.
Only question is which Democrat will step up to sue to have them released and oppose deportation? 🤔
She was granted asylum in 2019 and traveled back to Iran on vacation FOUR times between then and 2025. At the very minimum, that’s a fake asylum claim.
We have precedent! From of all people, Jimmuh Cartuh!
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/31/jimmy-carters-iranian-student-deportation-provides-precedent-modern/
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