Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, thinks that international students who choose to laugh at the sanctity of being in the country by violence and assaulting police officers may lose their visas and monetary aid and most likely been deported.
Pfluger thinks that all benefits offered to these immigrants should be contractually removed when they show hatred for the United States, even though the Trump presidency has already taken measures to deport individuals like Mahmoud Khalil and professors like Dr. Rasha Alawieh who show love for designated criminal organizations.
The UProot Rioting International Students Engaged in Radical Subversion Act ( UPRISERS ) and Freeze Aid for Student Assaulters Act ( FAFSA ) are two tandem bills that he will reintroduce on Friday to accomplish this goal.
Pfluger told The Federalist,” It is a pleasure for foreign students to have the opportunity to experiment in the United States, no a right.” I’m delighted to restore two pieces of exceptionally important policy to define President Trump’s activity on this topic and restore the rule of law given the rise in animosity, protests, and even violent riots across university campuses over the past few years.
Any international students, faculty members, and other individuals in the United States on a visa who assault a police officer or engage in riots will be denied under the UPRISERS Act, according to Pfluger. Any international student found guilty of these crimes will also be eligible for deportation under the law. Additionally, those found guilty of these violent acts will lose out on federal student aid under the FAFSA Act. These bills send a clear message to Americans:” You are not welcome here if you bring violence here.”
Pfluger also introduced the bills during the previous session of Congress, but the chance to pass them into law seems ripe now that the Trump administration is already showing a willingness to do that.
Under the UPRISERS Act, foreign nationals who engage in riots or assault police officers would be automatically eligible for deportation.
The FAFSA Act would not only revoke student aid from those students, but it would also force them to pay back the financial aid they had already received from American taxpayers. The money would turn into a loan that would not be forgiven for anything.
The two pieces of legislation have a significant impact on Columbia, one of the most notable riots and protests in recent years, and Columbia, one of the nation’s elite universities. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the university is also one of the ones with the highest proportion of foreign students enrolled, accounting for around 55 percent of the student body.
Breccan F. Thies covers The Federalist’s elections correspondent. He previously covered issues of culture and education for Breitbart News and the Washington Examiner. He is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow and holds a degree from the University of Virginia. You can follow him on Twitter at X: @BreccanFThies.
