President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing all federal agencies to look into deporting anti-Semitic resident aliens, including student visa holders, who broke U.S. law.
The order, released Wednesday afternoon and part of the Trump administration's larger push against anti-Semitism, calls for deporting anti-Jewish protesters who committed crimes following Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks. It also gives agency leaders 60 days to submit recommendations to the White House and instructs the Justice Department to investigate pro-Hamas intimidation and graffiti on college campuses and beyond.House Republicans have pushed for stronger federal action on anti-Semitism, with six GOP-led committees issuing a report last month that blasted the Biden administration for not preventing anti-Semitism on campus. The report singled out Columbia University, which received $2.7 billion in federal funding in fiscal year 2023. An encampment at the university last year featured anti-Semitic rhetoric and ignited anti-Israel protests nationwide.
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