A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s senior Senator is equating demonstrations against Israel on college campuses with support of the terror group Hamas.
And to that end, U.S. Marco Rubio urges the Joe Biden administration to rescind visas for “international students” who demonstrate “pro-terrorist views” with the war in Gaza as a backdrop.
“What cannot be tolerated, however, is for international students to violate the terms of their visa, and, especially, U.S. law,” Rubio said.
In a letter to U.S. Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the third-term Republican itemizes his frustrations in making the extraordinary call.
“Since the horrific October 7, 2023 terrorist attack against Israel, a wave of antisemitism and pro-Hamas protests has swept America’s elite universities from coast to coast. Students and professional protesters have occupied and desecrated university buildings, trashed campus grounds with public encampments, injured innocent bystanders, and targeted Jewish students with threatening and antisemitic rhetoric,” Rubio charged.
“Such lawless behavior has appropriately resulted in arrests. For those international students who defied university orders, and police instruction, in favor of acting on pro-terrorist views, this should result in immediate expulsion from their host institution and our generous country. No questions asked.”
Rubio reminded the Secretaries that it is “imperative that both the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State are communicating and enforcing the laws of our land.”
“Let me be clear: espousing support for a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization is grounds for the termination of a visa and immediate removal from our country. As pro-terrorist protesters continue to be arrested, I urge you to ensure those who are in our country on visas are placed into expedited deportation proceedings.”
23 comments
My Take
May 9, 2024 at 9:56 am
What a dìsgustingly dishonest panderer.
Impeach Biden
May 9, 2024 at 10:07 am
Absolutely revoke them and ship em back. Biden is a spineless coward. The bad guys like Putin, Hamas, Iran know it. Now these agitators know it too. Get them out of here.
Dont Say FLA
May 9, 2024 at 12:02 pm
Let’s ship all the MAGAs back to 1930 while we’re at it. Or was it more like 1850 they prefer?
MH/Duuuval
May 9, 2024 at 1:21 pm
1850, when cotton prices were good and secession was in the air
Monday news
May 9, 2024 at 10:07 am
People don’t have to be just Jewish to be a target 🎯😔 people throwing their disgust self on them
Monday news
May 9, 2024 at 10:13 am
I see some feel a cause.
Some get paid for a cause
Some like havoc due to the policy written
Some are just mad
ScienceBLVR
May 9, 2024 at 10:21 am
Unpopular speech is still protected. Just like porn, right? Protesting is a bit more of a legitimate example of free expression, but SCOTUS ruled even a centerfold is protected and the softcore stuff you see on Onlyfans etc, well it’s all about the Benjamins, ain’t it! Again, protected speech, no matter how hateful or offensive.
My Take
May 9, 2024 at 10:27 am
Dishonestly …
“equating demonstrations against Israel on college campuses with support of the terror group Hamas.”
Ocean Joe
May 9, 2024 at 8:21 pm
The behavior is definitely helpful to Hamas, but is clearly free speech, and is guaranteed to all Americans and to visitors who are lawfully here as well. As for deportations, I suspect due process might get in the way, not that that would bother a politician.
PeterH
May 9, 2024 at 11:13 am
As VP to Donald Trump, Marco Rubio would encourage the release of all the January 6th MAGA criminals who attempted to hang Mike Pence and overthrow the government.
Republicans are America’s worst enemy!
Vote all Republicans out of office.
Let’s find out association of the university outsiders who initiated the campus violence!
Impeach Biden
May 9, 2024 at 11:35 am
Exactly how were these folks going to overthrow the government? Let’s see these so called agitators were carrying American Flags, cell phones, and backpacks. Do you really think they were going to overthrow the United States government armed with that?
MH/Duuuval
May 9, 2024 at 1:23 pm
The J6 crew was there to put pressure on MAGAs in the Congress to put Trump in the Presidency even though he won neither the popular vote nor the electoral vote. There also was an element that was looking to harm certain legislators, especially Nancy Pelosi.
Ocean Joe
May 9, 2024 at 8:33 pm
I bet you refuse to watch the video of January 6th. Bear spray, zip ties, flag poles, and what was in the backpacks?
Weapons taken by force from police, barricades used as battering rams, windows smashed with stolen police shields, allowed them to force their way in, and forced legislators to abandon the certification process. Some left in an orderly manner, your pal Hawley ran away in fright from the same crowd he egged on a half hour before.
It was antifa, ok it wasnt antifa but it was just a tourist visit. OK, it was Nancy Pelosi’s fault because she didnt stop us.
IB, did you watch Trump’s speech moments before, when he told them to go down to the Capitol and fight for their government?
Overthrow? Had Pence done what Trump wanted, the transfer of power would have been prevented, the vote of the American people and the Electoral College results would have been cancelled and our democracy would have ended.
Quit making excuses for Donald Trump. Someday when he is gone maybe the GOP can regain its’ dignity.
MH/Duuuval
May 10, 2024 at 3:58 pm
Hawley — how does he go on? knowing the entire country saw him first give a clenched fist salute to the rabble and then run like a scared rabbit when the rabble broke in.
Dont Say FLA
May 9, 2024 at 12:01 pm
Human rights are only for the humans Little Marco likes.
tom palmer
May 9, 2024 at 12:02 pm
I’d like to see him city a specific law that authorizes what he is pushing.
My Take
May 9, 2024 at 12:20 pm
He’s simply a “Look at ME” prattler and panderer.
PeterH
May 9, 2024 at 3:17 pm
Exactly “My Take!”
Assley Blabbit
May 9, 2024 at 4:33 pm
All my MAGA brethen, especially the ones who shoved me through the door first under a false assumption the cops wouldn’t shoot a woman, are still all butt hurt about me getting killed and I was right there committing anti-USA actions with them when I got killed.
How would folks feel about 40,000 dead Republicans, maybe MAGAs, maybe not, doesn’t matter, as acceptable loss in a US retaliation for what the MAGAs tried that one January 6th if they’d been less unsuccessful with their attempt and maybe did kill Nancy or hang Mike Pence?
ONE Assley Blabbit and she had it coming and the MAGAs still crying about it.
40,000 side casualties dead elsewhere? Who cares, right?
MH/Duuuval
May 9, 2024 at 10:56 pm
The bold MAGA mite who shoved Ashley through the opening gambled she wouldn’t be shot, but just the same, he pushed her forward. Saved his own worthless hide.
Dont Say FLA
May 10, 2024 at 11:13 am
MAGAs always say “Ladies first!” Especially when danger is lurking just ahead.
MH/Duuuval
May 10, 2024 at 4:00 pm
“… immediate expulsion from their host institution and our generous country. No questions asked.” Spoken like his nemesis the Castros, or is it Batista?
PeterH
May 11, 2024 at 12:09 am
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/college-campus-protests-far-right?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1