The Trump administration has announced a sweeping crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protesters, pledging to cancel the visas of foreign students involved in campus demonstrations. The executive order, signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, has drawn sharp criticism from free speech and civil rights groups, who warn that it could suppress dissent and violate constitutional protections. The order directs federal agencies, including the Departments of State, Education, and Homeland Security, to take “all available and appropriate legal tools” to identify and remove student visa holders participating in what the administration has labeled “pro-jihadist protests.” In a fact sheet accompanying the order, the White House asserted that Jewish students had faced “an unrelenting barrage of discrimination,” including being denied access to common areas and being subjected to harassment and violence. “To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you,” Trump said in the fact sheet. “I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never before.” While the executive order…
Trump Threatens Deportation for Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters
January 30, 2025
