President Donald Trump is ordering the deportation of foreign students who took part in pro-Hamas protests on college campuses as he launches a wide-ranging crackdown on anti-Semitism.
A new executive order will target resident aliens – including students with visas – who broke laws during demonstrations in the wake of the October 7th attacks in Israel.
Trump said he would instruct his Justice Department to ‘aggressively prosecute terroristic threats, arson, vandalism and violence against American Jews.’
He added: ‘To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice…we will find you, and we will deport you.
‘I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never before.’
It was the latest in a slew of orders Trump has signed since becoming president as he looks to fulfill his campaign promises.
Many universities, particularly Columbia University in New York City, became the site of pro-Palestinian protests last year during the Israel-Hamas war
The students involved made radical demands that their schools sever financial ties to Israel and that the U.S. end its military support for its longtime ally.