Several universities The goal of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration is to recruit illegal immigrants with huge financial aid packages.
On the first day of the Donald Trump administration’s president, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a directive that opened doors to immigration enforcement on university campuses. Since then, ICE has detained several students.
Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk was revoked by the Department of Homeland Security after she was detained at the ICE in Somerville, Massachusetts on Wednesday. A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security had previously told Fox News Digital that Öztürk was “granted the country’s privilege to sign visas”.
“The DHS and ICE investigations found that Öztürk was engaged in activities that supported Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that likes to kill Americans,” the spokesperson said.
Video show Tufts University student arrests allegedly supporting Hamas
Rumeysa Öztürk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Somerville, Massachusetts on March 25. (AP)
Tufts University in Boston has Web page The provisions of illegal immigration as well as individuals with childhood status extension actions are eligible for a “100% proof need” of the cost of attending the institution.
“Tufts proudly meets 100% of the financial needs of every admitted student, regardless of citizenship.” Cluster web page.
It is worth noting that according to US Immigration CommissionMore than 408,000 illegal immigrant students have been admitted.
Rep. Burgess OwensR-Utah told Fox News Digital that the university has been courting illegal immigrants “too long” and recommended some federal funding for certain institutions.
“It’s been happening for too long, and I’m grateful that we’re really able to have this kind of conversation and be able to hold the university accountable, the only way to do it is to take the money. That’s the only thing they know about it.”
The joint working group to combat anti-Semitism announced Monday that the federal government and Harvard University had reviewed more than $255.6 million in contracts.
Colombian graduates take diplomas on Mahmoud Khalil arrest: “We’re angry”
Mahmoud Khalil allegedly played an important role in Columbia’s protests against Israel. (Ted Shaffrey)
Mahmoud Khalil was detained by a New York City ICE agent in early March, leading an anti-Israel camp in spring 2024. The Department of Homeland Security said Harrier “led the activities that were consistent with the designated terrorist organization Hamas.”
Born in Syria, Khalil came to the United States in 2022 and then became a permanent resident in 2024.
DHS alleges in court application that Khalil lied to change his immigration status and did not disclose his “membership” [a] Certain organizations. ”
One organization mentioned in the filing is the United Nations Relief and Palestinian Refugees Relief Agency (UNRWA), which in Israel accused the group of employees in Hamas on October 7, 2023, which revoked tens of millions of dollars in federal funds.
(Getty Images | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
According to the court application, Khalil was a North Station political official from June 2023 to November 2023.
At Columbia University in New York City, the institution boast It will meet the “full needs of all recognized applicants”, i.e. “regardless of citizenship.”
One page notes: “Colombia recognizes a large number of international students receiving substantial financial aid.”
Owens also said he was happy Trump administration Action is being taken against students who “slide through” Biden and Obama administrations.
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“We have to make sure the campus is a safe place. Those who aren’t here, I think Marco Rubio said it best. You know, when people come here to get visas, we ask questions, that’s: Why are you here? If you say you’re here so that you can subvert, in order to subvert, to demonstrate, intimidate, intimidate, intimidate, intimidate, you’re never here, that’s what you’re saying here.
“So yes, we need to make sure that those who slide down the screen that Obama and Biden obviously don’t stand, we’re going to take them away. We’re going to go back to our college campuses and those who are there to debate, learn, grow and give back to our country.”
“The purpose of our university is not to go out and trouble those who hate our country,” he added.
Fox News Digital has contacted Tufts University and Columbia University for comment.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Peter D’Abrosca of Fox News contributed to the report.
