Trump Team which considers the blockade of college “pro-haamas” from foreign students: relationships
The Trump administration is thinking of trying to prevent some colleges from having foreign students if he believes that too many of them are in support of Hamas, second Assios.
The effort is still another attempt by the White house take aggressive actions on immigration and campus anti -Semitism, in what a view like a effort that suppresses freedom of speech in university campuses.
The idea that colleges could be blocked by the registration of any possession of visas for students came from the Secretary of State Marco Rubio“Catch and Revoke” program. He is focusing on the students who protested the war Gaza AND Those who support supported Hamas.
A Department of State official said Assios That in three weeks, over 300 foreign students revoked the visa of the students. There are about 1.5 million visa owners for students across the country.
A main objective for the effort is the student and the program of exchange visitors, which certifies schools to enroll in student visa holders. The officials said Assios That the institutions have previously lost their certifications if the government discovers that too many student visa owners are using the system to live and work in the United States
The Trump administration is now examining the possibility of using that decertification process to target the schools that saw events following the outbreak of the war in Gaza in October 2023, after Hamas attacked Israel.
“Every institution that has foreign students … will pass through a sort of review,” said an official Assios. “You can have so many bad apples in a place that leads to school decoction … I don’t think we are still at that point. But it is not an empty threat.”
In the meantime, the critics have slammed the administration for having brought an ax for freedom of speech and trial rights and for having confused the support rights for the Palestinians with Hamas in support, the responsible group of Gaza.
The actions of the Trump Administration on immigration have pushed several causes and some may end up at Supreme Court. However, this is probably what the administration aims – to give the court different possibilities to expand the power of the executive branch to expel non -citizens, Assios noted.
Tuesday, a judge temporarily blocked the federal officials to arrest Yunseo Chung, a student at Columbia University in New York who took part in protests in support of the Palestinians. The cause he has intended states that the application of immigration cannot “be used as a tool to punish the non -citizens who express unfavorable political opinions from the current administration”.
Mahmoud Khalil, an organizer of Columbia protests, brought the first case against Rubio’s right to revoke a green card at the beginning of this month.
“This is one of their greatest cash cows, foreign students. This is a significant source of revenue for them”, a top Department of Justice official said Assios.
“What you will see in the not too distant future are the universities that we can demonstrate that they were not doing anything to stop these events in support of Hamas-o encouraged enrollments by activists –… We can stop approving students’ visas for them and can no longer admit foreign students,” added the official.
“The way this seems … It is a quote from the jury goes to a university, a very large quote,” said the official.
They added that it would include “any information they know about the students who actively participated in violent protests”.
Columbia adhered to the administration’s requests last week to act to limit protests and fight anti -Semitism to avoid losing $ 400 million in federal funds.
The new anti -Semitic Task Force at the Department of Justice has started an investigation into civil rights on March 5, examining the system of the University of California.
Likewise, the Department of Education sent letters to 60 universities on March 10, warning that the actions of application of civil rights concern anti -Semitism could be coming.
