Donald Trump is reportedly planning to continue his violent crusade aimed at gutting freedom and democracy with an Executive Order today calling for the deportation of non-citizen anti-war activists, with a particular focus on students. This is a vile attempt to sow fear and crush political dissent to the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, as well as to further the far-Right’s broader anti-immigrant agenda. Should there be any attempt to enforce this authoritarian, unconstitutional, and violent executive order, we call on elected officials, university administrators, and all people of conscience to boldly reject these orders.
This Executive Order is pulled directly from the pages of the far-Right Heritage Foundation’s “Project Esther” report, which is a blueprint for using the federal government and private institutions to dismantle the Palestine solidarity movement and broader U.S. civil society, under the guise of “fighting antisemitism.” These tactics are built to disrupt the historic movement for Palestinian liberation across the U.S. — including on college campuses — before then using those same tactics to attack a wide range of progressive social justice movements.
The Heritage Foundation, Trump administration, and far-Right forces in this country are the greatest purveyors of antisemitism and violence against Jewish Americans. This Executive Order should be taken as the sham that it is. Trump, the far-Right, and ultra-conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation have never protected Jewish people; they are not concerned with Jewish safety, nor do their actions protect Jewish communities. Presidential actions like this Executive Order instrumentalize real concern for Jewish safety as a cudgel to attack fundamental rights and freedom, to shut down Palestinian rights organizing, and to advance the MAGA agenda. (more...)
Jewish Voice for Peace Opposes Trump’s Plan to Silence and Deport Anti-War Students
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