Hyderabad, March 14 -- US Vice President JD Vance sparked fresh controversy on Thursday, March 14, stating that a green card does not grant immigrants the right to stay in the country permanently.

Vance's remarks were made in response to the recent arrest of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder.

A green card, officially known as a Permanent Resident Card, allows foreign nationals, including Indians, to live and work in the US. However, despite its name, "permanent residency" does not necessarily mean lifelong security.

"A green card holder doesn't have an indefinite right to be in the United States," Vance said in an interview on Fox News' The Ingraham Angle.

"This is not fundamentally about free sp...