President Donald Trump began his second term by signing a staggering amount of executive orders. One of them is permitting the deportation of students and other foreign nationals who express support for terrorist organisations that are officially designated as such by the US government.
In simple words, international students studying at American universities could be deported if they are found to participate in pro-terror protests, according to the new order signed by President Trump.
The executive order states that “Whenever information is identified that would support the exclusion or removal of any alien … the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take immediate steps to exclude or remove that alien unless she determines that doing so would inhibit a significant pending investigation or prosecution of the alien for a serious criminal offense or would be contrary to the national security interests of the United States.”
Titled, “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats,” the executive order declares “It is the policy of the United States to protect its citizens from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten our national security, espouse hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit the immigration laws for malevolent purposes.”
“To protect Americans, the United States must be vigilant during the visa-issuance process to ensure that those aliens approved for admission into the United States do not intend to harm Americans or our national interests,” states the executive order, stressing, “More importantly, the United States must identify them before their admission or entry into the United States. And the United States must ensure that admitted aliens and aliens otherwise already present in the United States do not bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles, and do not advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to our national security.”
Trump Designates Yemen’s Houthis As A ‘Foreign Terrorist Organisation
Meanwhile, Trump on Wednesday re-designated Yemen’s Houthi movement, known formally as Ansar Allah, as a “foreign terrorist organisation”, the White House said.
“The Houthis’ activities threaten the security of American civilians and personnel in the Middle East, the safety of our closest regional partners, and the stability of global maritime trade,” the White House said in a statement.
Former president Joe Biden had lifted that label when he took over the White House from Trump in 2021, before later calling them a “specially designated global terrorist” entity, a slightly less severe classification which still allowed for humanitarian aid to reach the war-torn country.
