Senator Marco Rubio is trying to fast-track a resolution to revoke visas from foreign nationals living in the US who support the terrorist group Hamas or its affiliates.
Rubio (R-Fla.) plans to seek unanimous approval in the Senate for approval of the resolution, which would ask President Biden to carry out the deportation, Fox News reported.
Specifically, the resolution calls for booting “any foreigner who has supported or supported the terrorist activities of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah” and other groups.
“America is the most generous country in the world, but we cannot allow foreigners who support terrorist groups like Hamas and march in our streets calling for ‘intifada’ to enter or live in our country,” Rubio told the outlet.
The resolution emphasized that Hamas “terrorists operate death squads tasked with exterminating Jews, as well as hostage squads tasked with kidnapping Jews for ransom, propaganda, and torture.”
Marco Rubio argued that the US should not allow terrorist supporters to live in the US.Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA
As vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Rubio is widely regarded as one of the most senior foreign policy voices in the Republican Party.
Other Republicans have echoed similar sentiments.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Monday calling for the deportation of foreigners in the US who support Hamas.
The Florida senator has been a vocal supporter of Israel.AP
“I am writing to urge you to immediately deport any foreign national—including and especially foreign nationals on student visas—who have expressed support for Hamas and its murderous attacks on Israel,” Cotton wrote.
“This fifth columnist has no place in the United States.”
Former President Donald Trump also called Monday for “strong ideological screening of all immigrants” in a renewed pitch for the travel ban.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has visited the Middle East to consult with the leaders of key allies.AP
But there are concerns about such policies having unintended consequences.
“I absolutely do not trust the federal government to create and administer ‘ideological filters’ to prevent terrorism,” Christina Pushaw, the Ron DeSantis campaign’s rapid response director, said. posted on X Tuesday.
“It will probably be used against conservative Americans and anyone who disagrees with that narrative. And, a terrorist who wants to come here can lie about their beliefs.”
Rubio and Cotton’s push follows widespread pro-Hamas demonstrations in the US following the October 7 jihadist attack in southern Israel.
“We, the undersigned student organization, hold the Israeli regime fully responsible for all the violence that occurs,” read a letter signed by more than 30 Harvard University student organizations last week.
The letter argued that Hamas attacks “do not occur in a vacuum,” and that Israel imposed “over two decades of open prison” on Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas attacks killed more than 1,300 people in Israel, including at least 30 Americans.
A further 13 US citizens remain unaccounted for, with some confirmed hostages by Hamas in Gaza.
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