On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to restrict immigration, titled “Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” It has been described as a revival of his first-term Muslim “travel ban,” making good on a campaign promise to bring back the controversial rule.
Buried in the executive order is the fulfillment of another vow from the campaign: An attempt to find a way to easily deport pro-Palestine protesters.
While much of the new order mimics the old Muslim “travel ban” Trump signed on the first day of his first term in 2017, this order is more neutral on its face. This time Trump is not explicitly naming specific countries to target, but asking agencies to submit a report within 60 days outlining countries from which to suspend immigration.
And then, tucked at the bottom, is a new provision that appears to explicitly single out new immigrants on ideological grounds—in particular, those on student visas who participate in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza.
It tells the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence to:
Continue reading on Mother Jones
