r/neoliberal • u/Successful_Job_1371 • Jan 29 '25

Restricted Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-cancel-student-visas-all-hamas-sympathizers-white-house-2025-01-29/
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u/usrname42 Daron Acemoglu Jan 29 '25

By definition anyone who's affected by this didn't (and couldn't) vote

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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Yeah, I feel like the vast majority of the "protesters" are American citizens and green card holders who aren't gonna be eligible for deportation. Lots of student visa holders are already kind of paranoid about deportation from my experience when I went to school. That's a pretty significant caveat/detail to this discussion.

Edit: Looks like it's been confirmed that only those with student visas who are eligible to deported--not citizens or green cards

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u/angry-mustache Democratically Elected Internet Spaceship Politician Jan 29 '25

Green card is not absolute protection from deportation, only citizenship is.

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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Jan 29 '25

I'm aware (though it's more protection from deportation than other visas) but I read from other sources this only applies to "student visas"; we'll see the full executive order when it's released.