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Trump pledges to deport ‘Hamas sympathisers’ on college campuses

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign the Laken Riley Act at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2025 [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters]

United States President Donald Trump has pledged to deport foreign university students involved in pro-Palestinian protests as part of a crackdown on alleged anti-Semitism, prompting an outcry from free speech and Muslim advocacy organisations.

In an executive order signed on Wednesday, Trump said the federal government would use “all available and appropriate legal tools” to prosecute and remove perpetrators of “unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence”.

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