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Trump said that there are more students at Columbia University and other campuses who are ‘pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity’.
United States President Donald Trump said that his administration will apprehend and deport the terrorist sympathisers. (AP Image)
United States President Donald Trump on Monday warned that many more pro-Palestine students will be arrested and deported soon.
Taking to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said that there are more students at Columbia University and other campuses who are ‘pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity’.
He said that some of them are not students but paid agitators and added that the Trump Administration will apprehend and deport these terrorist sympathisers.
Trump made the remarks while announcing the detainment of radical foreign pro-Hamas student Mahmoud Khalil.
“Following my previously signed Executive Orders, ICE proudly apprehended and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student on the campus of Columbia University. This is the first arrest of many to come. We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it,” said Trump on Truth Social.
“Many are not students, they are paid agitators. We will find, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathisers from our country — never to return again. If you support terrorism, including the slaughtering of innocent men, women, and children, your presence is contrary to our national and foreign policy interests, and you are not welcome here. We expect every one of America’s Colleges and Universities to comply. Thank you!” he added.
In January, Trump signed an executive order to fight against antisemitism and took the pledge to deport non-citizen college students along with others who participated in pro-Palestinian protests.
The fact sheet on the order promised “immediate action” to be taken by the Justice Department for prosecuting “terroristic threats, arson, vandalism and violence against American Jews” and marshal the entire federal resources to fight what it called “the explosion of antisemitism on our campuses and streets” since Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, 2023.
“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,” said Trump in the fact sheet.
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