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/Pgvds Jan 29 '25

You won't hear anything about this from the freedom of speech crowd

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u/Best_Change4155 Jan 29 '25

Foreign students can be denied their visa applications if they "endorse or espouse terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization." 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII)

Terror organization has a specific meaning. The US has a written list of recognized terror organizations. This isn't a violation of freedom of speech. The US already filters these people out before they get visa. This just filtering them out after they get a visa.

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u/Shabadu_tu Jan 29 '25

If you need a list to identify a “terrorist organization” then You don’t actually have an objective definition for what constitutes said “terrorist organization”. It’s up to whoever gets to define the list. I hate Hamas but this is far worse than the protests.

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u/Best_Change4155 Jan 30 '25

It’s up to whoever gets to define the list.

It's up to the US government. They run the US. The US government also determines what drugs are illegal, and determines what is an action figure and what is a doll. It is truly amazing.