In week two of Donald Trump: The Sequel, the president signed another order that will call on all federal agencies to find any civil or criminal laws that can be used to crack down on antisemitism.
Signed on January 29, the order looks for ways to deport non-citizens (including students on visas) who broke laws during the antisemitic "protests" following the October 7, 2023 terror attack in Israel.
Bad news if you were chanting for Hamas!
From CNN:
Trump is also calling on the federal government to cancel student visas for what he called 'Hamas sympathizers' on college campuses, according to a White House fact sheet.
He later signed an executive order calling on government agencies to submit a report within 60 days to identify civil and criminal authorities to combat antisemitism and 'containing an inventory and analysis of all pending administrative complaints, as of the date of the report, against or involving institutions of higher education alleging civil-rights violations related to or arising from post-October 7, 2023, campus anti-Semitism.'
This order gives department heads 60 days to send in their homework, giving recommendations on how the Justice Department can investigate things like pro-Hamas graffiti and intimidation, especially on college campuses.
House Republicans put out a report last month demanding that the government get serious about antisemitism, threatening to cut federal funding to colleges unless they start taking the issue seriously.
The report zeroed in on Columbia University — obviously — which was basically the college epicenter of Hamas support, all while the university raked in $2.7 billion in federal funds in 2023 alone.
Also, the Biden administration apparently slow-walked requests about how many visa-holders were among the protesters.
Slow walking the country off a cliff is a good definition of the Biden admin!
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