White House national security adviser John Bolton has said that New Jersey-born 'ISIS bride' Hoda Muthana needs to prove her citizenship if she is to return to the US.
His comments come after President Trump said on Twitter that he and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agree that she shouldn't be allowed to return.
The 24-year-old from Hackensack left to join ISIS in November 2014, using funds her parents had provided for her college tuition.
She traveled to Syria on an American passport and married a succession of ISIS fighters.
She allegedly posted a series of tweets encouraging attacks on the west and she now says she wants to return with her 18-month-old son.
The American-born ISIS bride told NBC News on Friday that she anticipates 'no problem' in returning to the U.S
Muthana, who grew up in Alabama, said she regrets her actions and that the tweets were sent from someone using her account.
The family of Muthana filed suit last week against the Trump administration after the government said she wasn't a citizen.
She was born in New Jersey in 1994, where her father - a Yemeni - was on diplomatic duty.
In conversation with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation on CBS News, Bolton said: 'My understanding is that she is not a U.S. citizen. That's the take of the State Department at this point.'
Hoda Muthana is pictured with her 18-month-old son. She left Alabama for Syria aged 19
Pompeo said Hoda Muthana, who is now in a refugee camp in Syria along with others who fled the remnants of the Islamic State, has no legal claim to citizenship in the United States
He added that 'Americans can renounce their citizenship by their words and by their actions aligning with foreign powers' when Brennan faced him with the fact that Muthana was issued with a US passport.
He also said that if Muthana can present evidence of her citizenship 'we will take a look at it'.
Brennan posed him with the question of where Muthana should face trial, to which he responded that 'it's a possibility' that she could be hauled before US courts.
Speaking more broadly about ISIS elopers in Syria and other countries outside the US, Bolton said that the government is working with European allies on the matter.
He said: 'We're not eager to have simply pick up that responsibility we think others have the responsibility too, and that's the approach we're taking.
President Donald Trump said that he told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to refuse her entry
Bolton said that if Muthana can present evidence of her citizenship 'we will take a look at it'
Donald Trump tweeted last Wednesday: 'I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country!'
He previously called for European countries to take back their fighters but his position on Muthana is clear.
Her family are continuing to fight to get her back into the US.
The case mirrors an ongoing on in the UK where another ISIS bride, also in the al-Hawl camp, is fighting to return home.
Shamima Begum joined ISIS when she was 15 and is currently in a highly publicized to and fro with UK authorities over whether she can return home.
The UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid said she's not a citizen and that she has Bangladeshi citizenship through her mother.
Bangladesh don't want to take the now 19-year-old but she can't be left stateless under UK law so her fate is unclear.
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Main photo article White House national security adviser John Bolton has said that New Jersey-born ‘ISIS bride’ Hoda Muthana needs to prove her citizenship if she is to return to the US.
His comments come after President Trump said on Twitter that he and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agree that she s...
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