US Jewish groups divided on Trump’s threat to deport campus anti-Israel protesters
Executive order signed Wednesday directs agencies to take ‘actions to remove’ non-citizen students who endorse terror Some welcome the move amid concerns about rights violations
Jewish groups are offering mixed reactions to US President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on antisemitism that suggests that foreign-born anti-Israel student protesters could be deported
Some say the order is taking advantage of Jewish fear to, 1. erode civil liberties 2. and stoke fears about immigrants
Others, including some of the largest US organizations, say, 1. they welcome efforts to improve the climate on college campuses — 2. as long as civil and immigrant rights protections are applied
And a few say they are ready and eager to help — and have even started supplying the Trump administration with names of protesters to target
In the order issued Wednesday, Trump directed government departments to take “actions to remove” students 1. who are not citizens 2. and who endorse terrorism
The order is framed as an update on Trump’s 2019 executive order on antisemitism and includes several other provisions It would fulfill some of Trump’s campaign promises to combat antisemitism on college campuses
