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According to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, almost two-thirds of Americans support the deportation of non-citizen students who show support for ”internationally recognized terrorist groups.” 63 percent want those who “voice support” to be deported; 67% want those who “actively support” terrorists to be deported. The responses differ by party. 84% of Republicans support deportation of such people as Mahmoud Khalil, who “actively supports” Hamas, and 83% of Republicans would support deporting Rumeysa Öztürk, who has “voiced support” for terrorists. But a different picture is painted when we look at the responses of Democrats.
The Democrats are morally muddled: some have held onto their wits and seen their way clear to supporting such deportations, but about half of them still think that holders of green cards should be allowed to stay, even if they “actively support” terrorist groups such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. More on this Great Divide can be found here: “Most Americans Agree With Deporting Mahmoud Khalil, Foreign Students Who ‘Support’ Terror Groups, Poll Finds,” by Corey Walker, Algemeiner, April 3, 2025:
About two-thirds of the American people support the deportation of non-citizen students, such as Mahmoud Khalil, who indicate support for internationally recognized terrorist groups, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll.
The poll — conducted from March 26-27 among registered US voters — was released amid ongoing furor over the Trump administration’s sweeping arrests and detainments of non-citizen students who have allegedly expressed support for terrorist organizations, primarily Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and in many cases participated in raucous, often destructive and unsanctioned anti-Israel demonstrations on university campuses.
According to the newly released data, most Americans, 63 percent, believe that the Trump administration should “deport” foreign students who “voice support” for terrorist groups like Hamas, while a slightly higher 67 percent want such deportations for non-citizens on campuses who “actively support” such terrorist groups. About one-third of voters in each case said they believe the students should stay in the US….
However, a striking 69 percent of respondents in the Harvard CAPS/Harris poll said the federal government should “have the authority to revoke the green card of a permanent legal resident and deport them if it can prove that such a person actively supported a terrorist organization like Hamas.” By comparison, 31 percent said the government should not have such authority….
Almost 70% of those responding believe that the federal government has the authority to revoke the green card of legal residents and to deport them, if they “actively support” a terrorist group. A single brief message on social media would not be “active support” but repeated messaging, and expressing support for, or taking part in, a “disruptive student protest” would be.
In contrast, only 42 percent of Democrats said they endorse deportation for foreign students who voice support for terrorist groups, compared to 58 percent who want them to stay on US spoil. Meanwhile, a slight majority, 51 percent, indicated the government should deport those who “actively support” such extremist organizations, while 49 percent oppose deportation in such circumstances….
What a great and disturbing divide between the parties: while 83% of Republicans would want foreign students to be deported if they voice support for terrorist groups, just about half that number — 42% — of Democrats would deport them for the same behavior; 58% would let them stay. When it comes to foreign students who “actively support” terrorist organizations, only 51% of Democrats would deport them, while 49% would let them stay.
If you thought — perhaps because you have been getting your news from the New York Times or the Washington Post — that there was little enthusiasm for deporting these foreign students who support terrorist groups, think again. The latest poll shows that two-thirds of Americans support such deportations. And if you thought there would be little difference between the parties, look again at the figures in the latest poll and mind the gap: 83% of Republicans want those who “voice support” for terrorism deported, while only 42% of Democrats do. That is a staggering difference. The Democratic Party, once the party of Harry Truman and Henry Jackson, is being taken over by the Old Left of Bernie Sanders and the New Left of the Squadroons.
Is this a trick question?
Castrate the males; sterilize the females.
THEN deport.
No. Deport them whole and let them further infest their home country.
BUT.. before you release them chip them so if they ever try and come back they will be easily detectable.
They should not have been here in the first place. Allowing students from hostile nations hasn’t resulted in those students adopting the ideals and sensibilities of America, but rather caused(or magnified) our universities and American students to adopt the ideals and sensibilities of our enemies.
We are taught as small children to “be on our best behavior” when in another’s home, because we are guests and should be respectful to those who have been kind enough to host us.
Foreign students are guests; we are showing them generosity and kindness by allowing them to study in our colleges and live in our country.
In return, they must be on their best behavior; condemning us to our faces as genocidal racists and calling for the destruction of our friends and ourselves doesn’t fall under that rubric.
Short answer: Yes. And it’s the ONLY answer.
There is no constitutional right for a non citizen to get a student visa. There is no constitutional right for non citizen to keep a student visa. End of story.
Not quite the end of story. There is no Constitutional right for a foreign national to protest anything within the borders of the US. Our 1st Amendment right to protest is reserved for US citizens and not foreign nationals. You want to protest then stay in your own country because your protests here mean nothing to us except to see you and your cause as disgusting.
The president of my Alma Mater, Rice University in Houston, recently pledged to do anything and everything to support five present and former students on the list of offenders whose visas are to be revoked. Alumni are overwhelmingly supportive of the offenders as well (and are virulently anti-Trump). I’m now ashamed to be a Rice graduate. I’ve put my class ring away never to be worn again and Rice will ever get one dime from me in the future.
Correction: “The Democratic Party has been taken over by the old left i.e. Bernie Sanders ,etc.
NO!!! The Democratic Party has been taken over by the old Marxist new anti American USA Communist Party which is firmly entrenched in todays Kamala Harris – Tim Waltz Democratic leftist Globalist Party whose goal is to undermine, destroy and subvert Americas 240+ year Republic! Todays Democratic Communist Party is the REAL ENEMY from within!!
Yes, deport non-citizens who support by deed foreign nations or groups in opposition to US Constitution.
Deport them all. Better yet, don’t let them in the first place. We actually used to do that…..no immigration 1924 to 1965. We can thank little teddy Kennedy for conning us on this matter.
This person is here on a visa to attend school. He or (She) anyone from a foreign country have NO RIGHTS other then to be treated as human , that does mean they have NO right to any services as do OUR American Legal Citizen . The First amendment does not protect foreigner’s . People that come here and just want to raise hell disrupt any by protesting an issue need to GO to where the Cause of such issue is accruing such a Palestine where the Palestine people MURDERED (1200 Sleeping) all the Jews in cold blood by BEHEAHING, RAPE young Babies very Old . That’s where the protesters need to be in they own country fighting for what they want NOT the American people to DIE for Their Cause.
“Should Foreign Students Who ‘Voice Support’ or ‘Actively Support’ Terrorist Groups Be Deported?”
Short Answer: Yes 🤔
Long Answer: Hell Yes! 😡