Pro-Palestinian students protest on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, the United States. (Credit: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP)
WASHINGTON — On Jan. 29, President Trump signed an executive order cracking down on college campuses in response to “an unprecedented wave of vile antisemitic discrimination.” A White House fact sheet posted online on Jan. 30 threatened to deport “pro-jihadist” protestors and cancel the F-1 visas (full-time student visas) of “Hamas sympathizers.”The order states that U.S. policy shall be “to combat antisemitism vigorously, using all available and appropriate legal tools,” and gave all U.S. department and agency heads 60 days to find new ways to do so. “Come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you,” Trump was quoted as saying.In April 2024, U.S. campuses became the site of an anti-war protest movement calling for universities to divest from Israel over its devastating offensive against Gaza. Spurred by mass arrests at Columbia...
WASHINGTON — On Jan. 29, President Trump signed an executive order cracking down on college campuses in response to “an unprecedented wave of vile antisemitic discrimination.” A White House fact sheet posted online on Jan. 30 threatened to deport “pro-jihadist” protestors and cancel the F-1 visas (full-time student visas) of “Hamas sympathizers.”The order states that U.S. policy shall be “to combat antisemitism vigorously, using all available and appropriate legal tools,” and gave all U.S. department and agency heads 60 days to find new ways to do so. “Come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you,” Trump was quoted as saying.In April 2024, U.S. campuses became the site of an anti-war protest movement calling for universities to divest from Israel over its devastating offensive against Gaza. Spurred by mass...
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