• steventhedev@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Yes. The narrow case is that if you express support for a designated foreign terrorist organization that is grounds for denying your visa, or revoking your status. So if you are on a student visa and went to a protest wearing a hamas headband and carrying the flag then you’ll end up on a plane out of the US.

      Where it gets iffy is the question about people who showed up to a protest and didn’t know or see or agree with the hamas flags being flown there

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        Despite the Zionist rhetoric, Hamas != Palestine.

        Saying “The Palestinians deserve to have a land of their own” is not the same as saying “I support Hamas.”

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          4 days ago

          Yes, but israel pays a lot to conflate the two.

          Just like they try to conflate anti Zionism or anti Israeli genocide or apartheid as antisemitism.

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          Agree. The vast majority of people at those protests do not support Hamas as an organization and certainly not their methods. I simply believe they’ll be accusing people at the rallies that did have Hamas/Hezbollah flags of guilt by association.

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      He’s trying to get foreigners out of the USA and trying to placate his right wing at the same time.

      Honestly, I don’t think getting a student visa cancelled is that bad. There are universities in other countries eager to accept foreign students and the tuition they pay.

      Even China has a huge program to attract foreign students. I know people who studied there.

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      4 days ago

      Is that even legal

      I’m not sure in the US, but many countries do put limits on what those on certain types of visas can do. That’s definitely a thing here in Japan, although enforcement for participating in protests and stuff is generally pretty rare it seems.