Linda McMahon Points To Massive Flaw In Major Universities’ Vetting For Foreign Students And Teachers

Secretary of 🎓Education Linda McMahon said Tuesday that more vetting for international students and professors is necessary in order to quell violent antisemitic protests.

McMahon told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation that she has discussed plans with Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong to improve its process for admitting students, particularly foreign and international students. Multiple student visa holders have been arrested and are now facing deportation over their roles in the anti-Israel protests that overtook college campuses across the nation following Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

“We talked about making sure that some of the students were vetted before they were admitted if they did have terrorist background, and I’m not saying any of them did, but these are the kinds of things that we talked about,” McMahon said. “And I do believe also that there are faculty who come on board at Columbia who might also be more inclined to encourage that kind of activity on campus.”

Several professors and university administrators have been caught participating in or encouraging protesters, which the secretary said she was made aware of during her recent visit to Columbia.

“There was one teaching assistant who had dismissed class that said, ‘please go join the protest,’” McMahon recalled.