Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is calling for the deportation of any foreign national showing support for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, including those in the United States on a student visa.
In a letter sent to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Cotton cited the Immigration and Nationality Act in calling for their immediate removal.
“I write to urge you to immediately deport any foreign national—including and especially any alien on a student visa—that has expressed support for Hamas and its murderous attacks on Israel,” he said. “These fifth-columnists have no place in the United States.”
Pro-Palestine rallies broke out all across American colleges with student groups and protesters openly supporting Hamas following the savage attack on Israel that resulted in more than 1,300 civilians being killed, women being raped and tortured, and infants being beheaded. The fervor of the protests betrayed just how rampant antisemitism is in America’s institutions of higher learning.
The United States should have no part in providing aid to Gaza for the same reason the U.S. didn’t provide aid to Nazi Germany.
Aiding Gaza will only prolong the rule of Hamas.
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) October 17, 2023
Cotton said federal law is clear that any alien who “endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization” is inadmissible and must be deported.
“Swiftly removing and permanently barring from future reentry any foreign student who signed onto or shared approvingly the anti-Semitic letter from the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee on October 7 would be a good place to start,” he added.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) led an effort by a group of lawmakers who graduated from Harvard in calling on the school to publicly denounce a statement from student groups blaming Israel for last weekend’s unprecedented attack,
“This heinous statement and the support it received from over thirty student organizations across Harvard University should raise immediate concerns into Harvard’s curriculum regarding the State of Israel,” the lawmakers in a letter. “This type of unified hate and ignorance cannot be allowed at Harvard University, and you must investigate its origins.”
The hatred of Jews came out of the closet in America this week and Cotton said that should disturb any American.
“The appalling explosion of anti-Semitism in the United States over the past few weeks should disturb anyone who shares American values,” the GOP senator concluded. “While American citizens may have a First Amendment right to speak disgusting vitriol if they so choose, no foreign national has a right to advocate for terrorism in the United States.”
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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