National Faculty Coalition Wants Protections for Non-Citizens Who ‘Express Support’ for Hamas
“The initiative is led by the American Association of University Professors and several of its university chapters, including Harvard’s”
This is ridiculous. Hamas is a terrorist organization.
The College Fix reports:
Faculty group demands protections for non-citizens who ‘express support’ for Hamas
A national faculty coalition is pushing to grant non-citizens First Amendment protections, demanding that the Trump administration be permanently barred from revoking visas over pro-Palestinian activism or support for terrorist groups.
The initiative is led by the American Association of University Professors and several of its university chapters, including Harvard’s, in partnership with the Middle East Studies Association.
A court victory for the AAUP in September stated that the Trump administration was violating the First Amendment by revoking visas of pro-Palestinian activists, according to The Harvard Crimson.
The national coalition’s new proposal seeks to block the Trump administration from continuing what it calls unconstitutional arrests and deportations. However, it also demands that any relief must apply to all noncitizens, not just members of the petitioning organizations.
It also includes a list of pro-Palestinian statements that cannot warrant a threat to a person’s visa.
The list includes statements considered “to express support or sympathy for terrorism or a designated foreign terrorist organization such as Hamas.”
However, not everyone agrees that citizens and noncitizens should share the same rights.
Foundation for Defense of Democracies Program Director Brandy Shufutinsky told The College Fix via email that Secretary of State Marco Rubio “has the power to revoke visas as they are a privilege, not a right.”
In her experience, no one has faced deportation or visa revocation solely for pro-Palestinian speech. However, she noted that visa-holders who express support for terrorism or violate U.S. civil-rights laws have faced appropriate consequences.
“If we do not allow criminals and terrorists into our country, why would we allow noncitizens who are already here to engage in criminal or terrorist activity?” Shufutinsky said.
She said there are some “who seek to spill American blood, and some of those folks use the rights and privileges guaranteed by our Constitution to do so.”
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The system is irretrievably broken. Shut down the “schools” (read: indoctrination centers). All of them. Now.
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