WATCH:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio got into a heated exchange with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) during a congressional hearing concerning the topic of revoking student visas for foreigners, nearly driving her to tears. A video clip of the incident has resurfaced and is going viral due to showcasing the stalwart defense of putting our nation, its laws, and its national security first.

The clip starts with Jayapal attempting to question the constitutional authority of the secretary of state to allegedly override the First Amendment. The attack is referencing to the revocation of a student visa for Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish graduate student who was allegedly detained after penning an op-ed. “Where in the Constitution does it say that the secretary of state can override the First Amendment protection of free speech?” Jayapal asks Rubio. “Is there a footnote that I missed?”

Rubio, however, doesn’t miss a beat, pointing out that the Constitution, which is the foundational document for our country and the principles upon which our laws and the protection of our rights are built, has no guaranteed right for a foreign individual to have a student visa. “There’s no constitutional right to a student visa,” Rubio fires back at Jayapal.

“A student visa is a privilege,” Rubio continues, before Jayapal interjects, asking in a venomous, sarcastic tone if there is a section of the Constitution that provides Rubio or any other secretary of state with the right to revoke a student visa due to something they said. “Does it say somewhere that Marco Rubio gets to determine which speech is appropriate and revokes a visa based on what you think constitutes free speech?”