Donald Trump just signed new executive order to revoke visas of students who protest against Israel

Donald Trump has just signed another controversial executive order which would revoke student visas who are found protesting against Israel.

As the conflict between Israel and Palestine rages on, so does the President’s apparent crackdown on immigration and antisemitism.

Since Donald Trump‘s inauguration on Monday (January 20), executive orders and presidential pardons have been emerging from the White House under his orders.

Penn State University students in a pro-Palestine protest in October, 2024 (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Penn State University students in a pro-Palestine protest in October, 2024 (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The 78-year-old hasn’t hesitated in implementing his hardline anti-immigration agenda, having declared a ‘national emergency’ at the border, launched deportation flights, and looked at ways to remove US birthright from babies born in the States to non-registered US citizens or permanent residents.

He also signed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, which makes it easier for federal officers to detain and deport illegal immigrants – with sights set on opening a new detention center in Guantanamo Bay to send some 30,000 of them there who cannot be deported to their home countries.

Now, Trump is also threatening to ‘deport’ foreign pupils on a student visa if they are caught protesting against Israel.

According to Reuters, Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday (January 29) with a pledge to deport non-US citizens that are college students on visas who took part in pro-Palestinian protests.

As of January 2025, it has been reported that over 47,000 people – 45,936 Palestinians and 1,706 Israelis – have been killed in the conflict, as per the UN.

The president has signed the order in a bid to tackle antisemitism in the US (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The president has signed the order in a bid to tackle antisemitism in the US (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Some civil rights groups have noted a surge in hate crimes against Jewish and Muslim people, as well as against people of Middle Eastern descent, since the incident.

Trump’s order instructs the Justice Department to take ‘immediate action’ in prosecuting ‘terroristic threats, arson, vandalism and violence against American Jews’ and combat the ‘explosion of antisemitism on our campuses and streets’.

Echoing the infamous line taken out of Liam Neeson’s Taken movie, Trump said in the fact sheet: “To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you.”

He also said he would ‘quickly’ cancel student visas ‘of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses’, claiming universities have become ‘infested with radicalism like never before’.

The order also instructs the department to investigate graffiti that could be seen as pro-Hamas and any incidents of intimidation on college grounds.

However, human rights groups and legal experts say it comes into conflict with constitutional free speech rights in the country, and could be met with some legal challenges.

Pro-Palestine supporters marched through Columbia University campus on the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine supporters marched through Columbia University campus on the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Carrie DeCell, senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, said: “The First Amendment protects everyone in the United States, including foreign citizens studying at American universities.

“Deporting non-citizens on the basis of their political speech would be unconstitutional.”

Meanwhile, a large Muslim support group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said it would consider challenging the order in court if Trump attempts to implement it.

Department and agency leaders will be required to provide recommendations to the White House within 60 days over the proposal.

The notice also comes as Republicans have been threatening to punish colleges and pull billions of dollars of federal funding to those who are seen to be ‘allowing’ the protests, reports The Guardian.

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Donald Trump has just signed an executive order that could see millions of people deported

Donald Trump has just signed an executive order that could see millions of people deported

The US military have been sent to the Mexican border to help defense against ‘illegal invasion’

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President Donald Trump has signed a slew of executive orders since reclaiming control of the country, and a fleet of those take aim at the millions of illegal immigrants living in the US.

The Republican put pen to paper on an order that will see those living in the nation without the proper papers will be deported, with the process having already began.

President Donald Trump has taken aim at those living in the US illegally (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

President Donald Trump has taken aim at those living in the US illegally (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Who is the US’ ‘border czar’?

Firstly, let’s clear up what it means – a czar is person appointed by government to advise on and coordinate policy in a particular area.

Former US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan was anointed the ‘border czar’ for the Trump administration, soon after the 47th president discovered he’d be moving back into the White House.

Now, speaking to ABC News, the 63-year-old confirmed that following Trump’s signature on a string of executive orders to do with foreigners settling down in the country, any resident who is in the US illegally is ‘on the table’ for deportation.

Homan explained how the military have been deployed to help out at the Mexican border, and how Trump is ‘sending a strong signal to the world, our border’s closed’.

Border czar Tom Homan spoke about deporting illegal immigrants in lengthy ABC interview (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Border czar Tom Homan spoke about deporting illegal immigrants in lengthy ABC interview (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tom Homan on deporting illegal immigrants

Co-anchor of This Week, Martha Raddatz replied: “So, is this what we will see every single day, ending in what the president has promised is millions and millions being deported?”

Homan responded: “Yes. But you’re going to see the numbers steadily increase, the number of arrests nationwide as we open up the aperture. Right now, it’s concentrating on public safety threats, national security threats. That’s a smaller population.

“So, we’re going to do this on priority base, that’s President Trump‘s promise. But as that aperture opens, there’ll be more arrests nationwide.”

He continued: “If you’re in the country illegally, you’re on the table, because it’s not OK to, you know, violate the laws of this country. You got to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you violated a crime under Title Eight, the United States Code 1325, it’s a crime.

“So, if you’re in a country illegally, you got a problem. And that’s why I’m hoping those who are in the country illegally, who have not been ordered removed by the federal judge, should leave.”

Trump has signed a slew of executive orders since taking control of the Oval Office (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump has signed a slew of executive orders since taking control of the Oval Office (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Executive order: ‘Protecting American people against invasion’

The order accuses Biden’s administration of letting ‘millions of illegal aliens’ cross the borders.

“Many of these aliens unlawfully within the United States present significant threats to national security and public safety, committing vile and heinous acts against innocent Americans. Others are engaged in hostile activities, including espionage, economic espionage, and preparations for terror-related activities.” it says.

“Many have abused the generosity of the American people, and their presence in the United States has cost taxpayers billions of dollars at the Federal, State, and local levels.

“Enforcing our Nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States. The American people deserve a Federal Government that puts their interests first and a Government that understands its sacred obligation to prioritize the safety, security, and financial and economic well-being of Americans.”

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  • “because it’s not OK to, you know, violate the laws of this country.”

     

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Donald Trump fires Justice Department lawyers who worked on criminal cases against him

Donald Trump fires Justice Department lawyers who worked on criminal cases against him

The president has made some drastic changes to the justice department

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President Donald Trump has fired Justice Department lawyers who worked on bringing two criminal cases against him.

It’s been a little more than a week since Trump took his oath of office as the 47th president of the United States on Monday (January 20) and he’s been rather busy, with dozens of executive orders, presidential pardons and policy ideas flying out of the White House.

He sacked more than 1,000 government workers and presidential appointees within hours of his presidency and tore up diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) programs with it, while staff in the Department of Labor responsible for the initiatives were placed on paid leave.

Announcing his plans to ‘Make America Great Again’ on his Truth Social platform, Trump named some of the employees he was letting go and even drew on his old The Apprentice catchphrase as he did so.

Donald Trump has made several changes since taking back the White House last week (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Donald Trump has made several changes since taking back the White House last week (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The post read: “Let this serve as Official Notice of Dismissal for these 4 individuals, with many more, coming soon.

“Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars, and Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council – YOU’RE FIRED!”

Now, Trump is turning his attention to the justice department team who’d worked on investigating his alleged mishandling of classified documents and of his alleged attempt to overturn his election defeat in 2020.

Jack Smith was appointed special counsel in 2022 to lead his team to investigate the cases which both resulted in criminal charges being brought – to which Trump plead not guilty.

However, the charges were later dropped in November after Trump’s election win, as regulations prohibit the prosecution of a sitting president.

Jack Smith resigned from his role before the president could fire him (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Jack Smith resigned from his role before the president could fire him (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Mr Smith has maintained his professional integrity, writing in the final draft of his report (via the BBC): “The claim from [Trump] that my decisions as a prosecutor were influenced or directed by the Biden administration or other political actors is, in a word, laughable.”

The POTUS pledged to fire Mr Smith ‘within two seconds’ of taking his oath – but he beat him to it and quit before Trump’s inauguration ceremony.

Yesterday (Monday, January 27), Trump fired more than a dozen of attorneys, which a justice department official told CBS News that Acting Attorney General James McHenry concluded they couldn’t ‘be trusted to faithfully implement the president’s agenda because of their significant role in prosecuting the president’.

It remains unclear which members of Mr Smith’s team have been sacked, but many worked in career corruption or as national security prosectors.

Trump's charges were dropped (MARK PETERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s charges were dropped (MARK PETERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

BBC News further reports that staff received their notice on Monday, which outlined how their involvement in investigating and prosecuting the president made them unfit to work in the government department.

Commenting on the matter, former US Attorney Joyce Vance said to NBC News: “Firing prosecutors because of cases they were assigned to work on is just unacceptable. It’s anti-rule of law; it’s anti-democracy.”

But Trump and his supporters have long accused the justice department of pursuing a political agenda against him.

During his re-election campaign, he said the department has been ‘weaponised’ against him, with Pam Bondi, his nominee to lead the department, also agreeing that federal prosecutions mounted to political persecution.

The latest firings come as the justice department has already had a major overhaul and reassignments amongst its top officials, which saw the chief if public integrity section reportedly resign.

Meanwhile, CBS also reported Washington DC’s top federal prosecutor has also revealed an internal review will be launched to assess the charges brought against 200 of the January 6 Capitol rioters, some of whom have received a presidential pardon from Trump.

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Donald Trump has just revoked major employment act that's been in place for 60 years

Donald Trump has just revoked major employment act that’s been in place for 60 years

Critics say the order presents a rollback on civil rights

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Donald Trump has just revoked a major employment act that’s been in place for six decades.

It’s been a matter of days since Trump took his oath of office as the 47th President of the United States on Monday (January 20), and he’s already given the green light to some seemingly controversial ideas.

Just hours into his presidency, the 78-year-old signed off on 25 executive orders, which included halting the TikTok ban to blocking immigrants and declaring that there are ‘only two genders’, the latter of which prompted Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to appeal to Trump to show ‘mercy’ to the LGBTQ+ community and immigrants.

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He also signed an order on Tuesday (January 21) which proposes an end to ‘radical and wasteful government diversity, equity and inclusion’ (DEI) programs.

Now, the president is accelerating his plan to dismantle DEI plans, having revoked the Executive Order 11246 (1965) and sending the message that government employees responsible in the Department of Labor will see their DEI programs removed ‘immediately’ while they face paid leave, reports The New Republic.

The law aims to protect workers from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin which civil rights advocates have long argued presents a level playing field for underrepresented minorities such as LGBTQ+ people while addressing issues like systemic racism.

Donald Trump had his inauguration ceremony on Monday (January 20) (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Donald Trump had his inauguration ceremony on Monday (January 20) (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The 60-year-old order was introduced by then-President Lyndon Johnson to weave anti-discriminatory practices into US federal government contracting – just two years after Martin Luther King Jr gave his ‘I Have A Dream’ speech.

Trump’s order, which calls DEI initiatives ‘illegal discrimination and preferences’ with a view to ‘restore merit-based opportunity’, is aiming to slam the brakes on private companies employing such programs and from hiring on the basis of race and sex.

It has also asked government agencies to identify any organizations that could be subject to a civil investigation.

Martin Luther King Jr giving his infamous speech in Washington, 1963 (Getty Images/Bettmann)

Martin Luther King Jr giving his infamous speech in Washington, 1963 (Getty Images/Bettmann)

The order states: “As a part of this plan, each agency shall identify up to nine potential civil compliance investigations of publicly traded corporations, large non-profit corporations or associations, foundations with assets of 500 million dollars or more, State and local bar and medical associations, and institutions of higher education with endowments over 1 billion dollars.”

The move has already caused a public outcry and widespread condemnation.

Basil Smikle Jr, a political strategist and policy advisor, commented: “There’s this clear effort to hinder, if not erode, the political and economic power of people of color and women.

“What it does is opens up the door for more cronyism.”

But others, such as Louisiana Senator John Kennedy (Republican), supported the move, telling USA Today reporters: “The best way to stop discriminating against people on the basis of race of gender is to stop discriminating against people on the basis of race and gender.

Senator John Kennedy has expressed his support for the plan (DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Senator John Kennedy has expressed his support for the plan (DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

“The truth is the American people don’t think about race or gender merely as much as some folks in Washington want to pretend.”

A statement released by The White House reads in part: “[R]oughly 60 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, critical and influential institutions of American society, including the Federal Government, major corporations, financial institutions, the medical industry, large commercial airlines, law enforcement agencies, and institutions of higher education have adopted and actively use dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of so-called ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ (DEI) or ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility’ (DEIA) that can violate the civil-rights laws of this Nation.”

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  • It would seem that not hiring the most qualified person for the job because they aren’t part of a certain ethnicity or sexual preference would be the very definition of discrimination.

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    • I hire who will make my business the most profitable. End of story

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    • How do you ascertain who is most qualified? Qualification is based on many things, including how well an applicant will fit in with the existing employees. It isn’t always the person with the most years on the job or the most experience. And it certainly isn’t automatically the straight white male …

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  • MLK’s speech was not “infamous”

    Define: infamous

    “well known for some bad quality or deed”

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    • Both famous and infamous derive from the Latin word meaning fame. The confusion often arises with in. To someone like me, I seen infamous as very well known for something huge. Because Latin words with the prefix in mean into our toward, creating an intensifying effect as with inflame or induce.

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  • This just takes us back to days of old boy networks where woman, different races and disabled people are not even considered for jobs. Look the pick for defense says woman don’t belong in combat. So woman can’t if they want fight in combat. So this says that the people that were protected class at…

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  • We just rolled back 60 years. That’s not moving forward.

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    • Why? Let’s think rationally here..if you’re boarding an airline flight, Would you want your pilot to be hired because of a DEI initiative or do you want your pilot to be the right job candidate who knows how to fly the plane? All these DEI/DEIA programs are doing are making people focus on skin col…

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    • Anything that attacks racism is a step forward

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Donald Trump to sign new executive order for transgender people in the military

Donald Trump to sign new executive order for transgender people in the military

The president is set to sign more executive orders today

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The future for transgender people in the military is looking uncertain as newly sworn in president Donald Trump continues his tirade against the far-left.

The 78-year-old has wasted no time in signed off a wide range of executive orders in the seven days since he moved his stuff back into the White House for his second term.

And among those orders, the Republican leader is set to sign an order canceling former POTUS Joe Biden’s instruction from 2021 that allowed transgender people to serve openly in the military.

President Donald Trump is set to sign more executive orders, with one taking aim at transgender service members (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump is set to sign more executive orders, with one taking aim at transgender service members (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump is expected to sign two more executive orders today (January 27) which will prohibit the trans community from serving in the US armed forces, as well as axing Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from the military.

One of the orders will detail new military standards regarding gender pronouns, as well as mental and physical readiness that will see transgender people be banned from the military.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brock Stone has been fighting tirelessly for more than 15 years against those who wish to harm the US, but after all his efforts, he could be facing an exile from the military.

“I went to Afghanistan. I did all these things. I mean, what does that tell me? That tells me I’m not welcome,” Stone told ABC News Live back in 2021.

Experienced 1st Officer Brock Stone previously spoke of the possibility of trans people being unable to serve their country (YouTube/ABC News)

Experienced 1st Officer Brock Stone previously spoke of the possibility of trans people being unable to serve their country (YouTube/ABC News)

“That tells me that I am not respected as myself.”

Yes, this soon-to-be new executive order isn’t as new as you’d think. Back in 2017, Trump sidelined all transgender people from fighting for their country.

Stone is a cryptologic technician who speaks three languages, and his work is to decipher foreign intelligence and analyze electronic threats.

“All the adversaries you hear about in the news are always out to get us. Not all those people speak English, and that’s where I come in,” Stone explained.

CNN was able to speak with two White House officials who had seen the documents.

Protestors gathered in New York to picket against discrimination towards the LGBT community back in 2017 following Trump's decision to ban transgender people from serving in the US military (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Protestors gathered in New York to picket against discrimination towards the LGBT community back in 2017 following Trump’s decision to ban transgender people from serving in the US military (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Citing a fact sheet, one of them told the outlet: “It can take a minimum of 12 months for an individual to complete treatments after transition surgery, which often involves the use of heavy narcotics.

“During this period, they are not physically capable of meeting military readiness requirements and require ongoing medical care. This is not conducive for deployment or other readiness requirements.”

As of 2018, it was estimated that 14,000 transgender service members were employed by the US military, according to the Palm Center.

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