State Department Revokes First Visa of Foreign Student Linked to Anti-Israel Protests
“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”
It’s about time. The State Department isn’t identifying the student, but has confirmed that their Visa has been revoked.
FOX News reports:
State Department revokes first visa of foreign student linked to ‘Hamas-supporting disruptions’
The State Department has revoked the visa of a student who participated in protesting in favor of Hamas, a move in line with President Donald Trump’s call for canceling visas of students involved in the anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses.
The State Department confirmed the matter with Fox News, without identifying the student or what university they attended due to “legal constraints.”
“Yesterday evening, we revoked the first visa of an alien who was previously cited for criminal behavior in connection with Hamas-supporting disruptions,” the State Department said. “This individual was a university student. ICE will proceed with removing this person from the country.”
The State Department reviewed over 100,000 student visas and none were revoked during the Biden administration, despite all the anti-Israel protests and disruptions on college campuses.
Trump has repeatedly called for foreign students attending American universities to have their visas revoked for supporting Hamas and other terror groups.
Upon taking office in January, he signed an executive order to combat antisemitism.
“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 is quoted in a fact sheet issued by the White House. “I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never before.”
U.S. college campuses have been a hotbed for anti-Israel protests and disruptions, including vandalism, threats against Jewish students and violence against law enforcement.
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It’s about time. Now do communists.
Can’t be done for two reasons:
1. There has to be criminal behavior.
2. Most of our communists are citizens and thus have no visa to revoke.
I’m surprised someone beat you to your incorrect “you can’t cancel visas” schtick. Of course they can be canceled at any time. Do I need to link to the specific page describing this once again? I don’t know why you are so all in on this but you are still wrong.
Now do their professors!
“legal constraints.””
What would they be, their crime should make it a public issue.
How about a Terrorism Hall of Shame, listing all these POS?
Revoking a visa doesn’t mean automatic deportation. They go into removal proceedings, where they have due process.
The rats may even have to go back underground, like they were in the 50s. Good times.
This is the key part that is missing from the rest of the story. A person’s visa cannot be revoked simply because they exercised their first amendment right to express vile and horrible opinions on US soil. It can and should be revoked if they engaged in criminal activity while doing so. It’s the crime that justifies the revocation, not the protest.
“cannot be revoked…”
Nope. Yes, a visa can be revoked for just about any reason the Dept of State wants.