Trump to Order Deportation of Foreign Students Who Joined Pro-Palestine Protests, Reports Say

© Getty Images / Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily NewsPro-Palestinian protesters occupy Kerckhoff Hall on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Kerckhoff Hall on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 23, 2024.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 30.01.2025
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump will ink an executive order on Wednesday that will include deportation of foreign students who took part in pro-Palestine protests, a Western news agency reported, citing a White House official.
According to a fact sheet on the executive order, quoted by the news agency, the president promised to find and deport "resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protest."
The president also promised to cancel student visas of "all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses."
Palestinians walk through the rubble caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 21.01.2025
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