President Donald Trump’s executive order against foreigners who “support designated foreign terrorists” could be the beginning of a long-promised crackdown on radical pro-Palestinian students on American college campuses.
Monday directive President Trump orders the U.S. government to deport foreign nationals who exhibit hostile behavior toward others. [American] We will respect our people, our culture, our government, our institutions, and our founding ideals, and we will not defend, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists or other threats to our national security. ”This could represent many international students at American universities who advocate for Hamas and other terrorist organizations, analysts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“If a student group explicitly supports terrorism or engages in crime, and its leaders are here on visas, [student] They don’t deserve to be here benefitting from the country they’re attacking,” Ryan Mauro, a research fellow at the Capital Research Center, told DCNF. “Similarly, if protesters clearly support terrorism or ideologically motivated crimes and are here on visas, they should be kicked out of the country.”
Written by Mauro 122 page report He criticized anti-Israel activities and labeled Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) as the “group most responsible” for what he called the “anti-terrorism” movement on campus. The group led demonstrations across the country and gained attention in October 2023 by calling Hamas’ massacre of Israelis a “historic victory.”
Goodbye pro-Hamas students and professors here on visas 👋
From one of President Trump’s new executive orders: pic.twitter.com/yo26wrdJSg
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) January 21, 2025
Republican 2024 platform and Trump’s new secretary of state have both suggested that such messages, if they come from visa holders, could lead to deportation.
“If someone applies for a visa to come to the United States and during the review process finds that they are a supporter of Hamas, we will not allow them to enter the United States,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. said During Wednesday’s confirmation hearing, senators were asked about campus protests. “Now that I have obtained my visa, [are] Once you are in the United States and find out that you are an advocate, you will need to remove your visa. ”
The Senate confirmed Rubio to head the State Department on Monday. Issuance and cancellation visa. Federal law states that foreign nationals with ties to terrorists or who “support” terrorists or “terrorist activities” must unsuitable I’m in America (Related: Liberals sue Trump over immigration within hours of taking office)
Students for Justice in Palestine did not immediately respond to multiple requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation on how President Trump’s order will affect Palestinian activities.
Constitutional law expert Ilya Shapiro told DCNF that Trump’s executive order is a good step toward combating anti-Semitism on campuses and is legally “draconian.” Shapiro is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and frequently writes about the anti-Israel movement.
Shapiro said the U.S. government has “broad authority to set rules about who can come to this country, how long they can stay, and what they can do while they’re there,” and that part of that includes “setting rules for who can come to this country, how long they can stay, and what they can do while they’re there.” He stated that it is permissible to take into account the “opinions”. Of that standard.
Shapiro noted that under former President Joe Biden, the State Department: admitted Rubio, then a senator from Florida, could have his visa revoked due to his support for Hamas in a November 2023 letter.
“This does not create new law,” Shapiro said of the executive order. “We are directing the relevant authorities to enforce the existing laws.”
Mauro said the Trump administration could go further in blocking anti-Israel activist groups.
“If we revoke their nonprofit status and cut off their funding, as we are required to do under IRS law, their hate factories will be forced to shut down.” List said. Students for Palestinian Justice and other anti-Israel groups receive funding from the tax-exempt nonprofit Westchester People’s Action Coalition (WESPAC) Foundation.
“The Trump administration should start by revoking anti-terrorism tax exemption status because that is the simplest and most effective step,” Mauro told DCNF. “Get that out of the way now and focus on the more time-consuming task of filing a legal case for visa cancellation and initiating deportation proceedings based on the highest possible standard of evidence.”
“If the Trump administration is serious about dismantling this anti-Semitic and anti-American infrastructure, I have a list and a binder of evidence,” Mauro said, “and I’m just a phone call away.” he added.
“Culture changes take a long time, but you will see progress on college campuses quickly.”[es] In another place,” Mauro said.
in letter Dispatch to the Biden-Harris Administration and Congressional Republicans prompted Officials called for action under a federal law that allows visa holders who express support for terrorism to be deported. The House Judiciary Committee also found in a December report that the administration failed to turn over information on “the number of foreign nationals, including foreign nationals on student visas,” and promoted support for terrorism “during anti-Israel protests.” , was written.
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