A US House of Representatives staff report released on Thursday claims the Biden administration failed to turn over information about foreign protesters who may have been involved in promoting “terrorist activities” while in the US. There is.
Prominent Republicans, including President-elect Donald Trump, made the suggestion as violent anti-Israel protests hit college campuses across the United States. cancel visa The number of foreign residents who participate in such events and express “anti-Americanism”. In response, the House of Commons issued the following statement: report The law states that foreign nationals living in the United States can be deported if they “advocate or support terrorist activities, or persuade another person to support or support terrorist activities, or to support a terrorist organization.” He spoke about anti-Semitism, citing the Immigration and Nationality Act, which regulates anti-Semitism.
The report notes that the Judiciary Committee told the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in April that it would “restrict aliens with student visas who support or support terrorist activities or who persuade others to support or support terrorist activities.” “The number of foreign nationals included” was directly asked. Supporting or operating a terrorist organization during anti-Israel protests. ” The committee wrote that DHS “refused to respond substantively.”
“April 30, 2024 In light of the vile anti-Semitic protests that have occurred on college campuses and other locations across the United States, the committee sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday, calling for the departments’ inaction. It requested various documents and information regarding violence against Israel and Jews, including those with student visas who support terrorist activities by Hamas. the report states.
A man holds a Palestinian flag as Georgetown students protest on campus in support of Palestine at Georgetown University on September 4, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The report also said Mayorkas “refused to say whether foreign students should have their ‘visas revoked’ if they ‘advocate the exclusion of Israel and attacks on Jews.'”
After initially receiving no response from either department, the committee sent additional letters to Mr. Mayorkas and Mr. Blinken on May 17, and finally received a response from the State Department on May 29. In its response, the department claimed it had not received a request from DHS to cancel. Visas for activities related to campus protests.
Protests have spread across the United States following Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, resulting in hundreds of arrests, property damage, and dozens of injuries. At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), administrators prevent protesters from setting up a “Jewish exclusion zone” that asks students to denounce Israel and express support for the Palestinian cause. I didn’t do anything for it. Jewish students were barred from key campus buildings by protesters, leading several students to eventually sue the school.
Multiple reports have also been released in recent months detailing the university’s failure to respond to campus protests.
The House Education and Labor Committee said in August that Columbia University had seen the most serious problems. Radical The protests, which escalated into violence and arrests, violated numerous university policies, including occupying campus buildings and taking staff hostage, yet only a few students were punished for their involvement. It was. The committee revealed similar findings at Harvard University. (Related: Record anti-Semitic hate crimes reported in 2023 as Israel-Hamas war intensifies, FBI finds)
In September, the committee accused Harvard University of “deliberately obstructing” an investigation into an assault on a Jewish student. Meanwhile, a November report found that administrators at Columbia University and Northwestern University sent personal messages expressing support for protesters and promising “amazing victories” in negotiations with the schools. It turned out that he had sent it.
Several university presidents, including Minouche Shafik of Columbia University and Claudine Gay of Harvard University, have been called to testify before Congress about rampant anti-Semitism on their campuses. Mr. Shafik and Mr. Gay faced intense backlash during their testimony when they refused to say whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated university policy, leading to a formal investigation into the school and later presidents of both schools. I have decided to resign.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, President Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, was one of the first to advocate for the revocation of visas for foreign nationals living in the United States who support Hamas. There was growing concern about the threat of .
Rubio: “What I’m saying is common sense” said at that time. “You’re a visitor. You’re not even an American. You’re a foreigner. You’re here because we gave you a temporary visa, and now you’re defending and supporting the terrorist organization Hamas. Are you there? You have to go.”
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