The Trump administration's State Department confirmed it had revoked its first student visa for alleged criminal conduct that led to pro-Hamas protests.
The State Department said Fox News Foreign students were involved in demonstrations of destructive university campuses. However, it cited “legal constraints” and did not reveal the identity of the student or what school he or she attended.
“Zero tolerance for foreign visitors supporting terrorists.”
“Last evening, we revoked the first alien visa previously cited for criminal activity in connection with the disruption in support of Hamas,” the department said. “This individual was a university student. [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] We will proceed to take this person out of the country. ”
The State Department move said shortly after President Donald Trump that foreign students taking part in the pro-Hamas protest should seek visas to support terrorist groups.
January, playing cards I swear Fighting anti-Semitism to “send Hamas sympathizers and cancel student visas.”
“To all the resident aliens who participated in the pro-jihadist protests, we have notified you: Come in 2025, we will find you, and we will expel you.
Despite many devastating Prohama protests on university campuses under previous administrations, President Joe Biden's State Department did not revoke any of the 100,000 student visas it reviewed, officials said. axios.
The Trump administration has accused Biden of “turn”[ing] Turning a blind eye to this coordinated attack on the public order” and “rejecting”[ing] To protect civil rights for Jewish Americans, especially students. ”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced this week that the department will launch an AI-powered “catch and review” system to yank visas for terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
On Thursday, Rubio wrote in a post In X, “People who support designated terrorist organizations, including Hamas, are threatening our national security. The United States has zero tolerance for foreign visitors supporting terrorists.
The State Department told Axios: “Take national security seriously and ignore publicly available information would be negligent. [visa] Applicants from the perspective of AI tools. … AI is one of the resources available to governments that are very different from where we were decades ago. ”
Earlier this week, the American Civil Liberties Union wrote an opening letter To a university that claims the Trump administration is trying to pressure school officials to “punish non-citizen scholars and students for their speeches and scholarships.” The ACLU urged American universities to “protect campus speeches.”
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