East Central Reporter

U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-Ill.) has taken a decisive position, advocating for the expulsion and deportation of foreign students on student visas if they pose a threat to others. She voiced her concerns about the safety of Jewish students and criticized academic institutions that have not taken adequate measures to protect Jewish students.

“Foreign students who are here on student visas should be expelled and deported if they threaten violence against American students,” Miller said on Facebook. “I pressed the president of Harvard today for failing to protect Jewish students who are being threatened and harassed because of their faith.”

On the House floor, Miller pushed back at non-answers by Harvard President Dr. Claudine Gay during a college anti-Semitism hearing. A clip showing the conversation was shared by Miller on Facebook.

“We hold all of our students accountable to the same set of disciplinary processes that we hold all of our students accountable to,” Gay said of the university’s approach to foreign students.

“So you have not expelled anybody? I’m assuming your non-answer is an answer to the students. They now know you have not expelled any foreign student for threatening the Jewish students. Dr. Gay, if Harvard found out that a student organization was taking money or taking money from or coordinating with a foreign terrorist organization, would you immediately suspend that student organization?” Miller asked.

The moment comes in the wake of anti-Semitic activity across the campuses in the U.S. Testifying before the Committee on Education & the Workforce, Jonathan Frieden, a student at Harvard Law School, shared a disturbing incident during a recent public forum, shedding light on the rise of antisemitism on college campuses, the New York Post reported. He recounted an episode where a large group of approximately 200 people, many of whom were not affiliated with Harvard, entered a study room and engaged in chanting antisemitic phrases.

“Many of my friends ran up to the dean of students and DEI office, but they had locked their doors for their own safety,” Frieden told the House. “We heard nothing from Harvard.”

“I talked to my Jewish friends on campus every day. They tell me how afraid they are going to class.”

“This is not just about the Middle East. This is antisemitism right here in our homes, on our campuses. It is dangerous, is going unchecked, and everyone that does not join to put a stop to it is part of the problem.”

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who recently dropped out of the presidential race, has also called for the deportation of foreign students who celebrated the Oct. 7 attack on Israeli citizens.

“When we have students on campuses that are actually encouraging Jewish genocide, who are advocating for murder and supporting terrorism, those students should be expelled from the campus and those folks who are on visa should be taken – deported from our country,” the Republican South Carolina senator told Fox News host Neil Cavuto.

“Anytime you actually encourage for the genocide, the elimination of entire race of people, anytime you support terrorism, and encourage murder, there should be consequences. It should be consequences for those students, and it should be consequences for those universities.”