Democratic lawmakers are condemning the arrest of a former Columbia University student by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the revocation of his legal status in the United States, including Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) warning it should "scare everyone."

"This should scare everyone. The Trump admin revoked Mahmoud’s legal status, kidnapped him, and is now holding him in an ICE detention facility without any due process," Frost wrote Monday on the social platform X.

"Trump is an authoritarian, testing the limits to see how much he can get away with. He won’t stop here," Frost continued.

Earlier Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Mahmoud Khalil, a green card-holding Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, was detained by ICE.

“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported,” Rubio

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