Democrats who have been critical of the student protest movement supporting Palestine say international students who could lose their visas should get due process, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be punished.
“It’s a privilege to be in this country and get an education here, and if you’re interfering with other students’ rights, then yeah, you should be subject to having your visa revoked,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told NOTUS.
The Trump administration launched a concerted effort to revoke student visas for people tied to pro-Palestine demonstrations at their universities. Some international students have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and face deportation. The crackdown has placed pro-Israel Democrats in a bind: Do they back the Trump administration or protesters?