Pro-Hamas agitators here in the country on student visas don’t appear to have much longer to carry on with their protests in the United States. Even after President Donald Trump has spoken out against “illegal” protests being allowed to carry on at institutions of higher learning, with threats of defunding being brought up, schools like Barnard College still continue to be taken over by terrorist sympathizers. It looks like action is finally coming, with an announcement from the State Department and Secretary Marco Rubio.
“Those who support designated terrorist organizations, including Hamas, threaten our national security,” Rubio’s post from Thursday reminded. “The United States has zero tolerance for foreign visitors who support terrorists. Violators of U.S. law — including international students — face visa denial or revocation, and deportation.”
Also on Thursday, Axios put out a report citing State Department officials on how the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be used to identify students with terrorist sympathies:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is launching an AI-fueled “Catch and Revoke” effort to cancel the visas of foreign nationals who appear to support Hamas or other designated terror groups, senior State Department officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: The effort — which includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders’ social media accounts — marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government’s policing of foreign nationals’ conduct and speech.
The reviews of social media accounts are particularly looking for evidence of alleged terrorist sympathies expressed after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, officials say. […]
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