A “loud proud Zionist” organization sent the Trump administration documents on dozens of allegedly pro-terrorist college students and faculty, hoping President Donald Trump will deport them, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.
Activist group Betar US confirmed to the DCNF Wednesday that it sent the information to officials in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the White House. The Jewish organization says it documented 100 students and 20 faculty and staff members with visas in the U.S. whom Trump should deport for supporting terrorist groups such as Hamas.
“We say that those who stand with Hamas and terror organizations are enemies of the US and have no place in this great country,” Betar US spokesperson Jonathan Levy told the DCNF in an email. “We are intently focused on ensuring that Jews are safe and [we] are sick and tired of universities making excuses.”
Levy said his group reported anti-Israel students at campuses such as the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Michigan, New York University, Cooper Union, “and dozens of other egregious schools which have tolerated and encouraged Jew-hatred.” Faculty and staff from Syracuse University, NYU, and the University of California, Davis are also among the named individuals, Levy said.
Levy told the DCNF that Betar could not share the documents “at this time.” Betar, however, sent copies to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller, White House envoy Adam Boehler, Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, incoming counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka, United Nations nominee Elise Stefanik and Mike Huckabee, Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel. Levy wished not to reveal the names of every federal official who has received the lists.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether officials plan to take action based on the lists.
Levy noted that one of Trump’s day-one executive orders on immigration directs officials to revoke the visas of people who “advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists” on U.S. soil. Republican lawmakers have long demanded this policy, citing similar language in federal law.
Levy said a “public-private partnership” is needed to reshape college campuses. “We have faith and hope that jihadis on campuses nationwide will be deported and quickly,” he said.
Levy said Betar also seeks to assist Project Esther, an initiative by the conservative Heritage Foundation to curb antisemitism and pro-Palestinian activist networks. The Heritage Foundation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Betar claims to have identified pro-terrorist visa holders on campus through facial recognition technology, the New York Post reported in November. Levy told the DCNF it also has “students on campuses who continue to send us video.”
Betar US is the American chapter of an international movement focused on “liberty, democracy, and unwavering commitment to the land of Israel,” according to its website. It encourages protests against anti-Israel activists and visits Capitol Hill to advocate for Israel.
“We urge students and those on campus to rise up and speak up loudly and clearly,” Levy said. “It’s time good Americans take back the streets and campuses from these jihadis.”
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