US Judge Considers Deporting Student Activists, Not AIPAC Lobbyists
A US judge is reportedly weighing 'next steps' in a case that could lead to the deportation of student activists. This judicial consideration arrives just as many of these students dared to speak out against ongoing atrocities, often at universities that receive substantial endowments from donors with direct financial ties to entities defending foreign policies. One might wonder which 'foreign
interests' truly threaten national security: student voices or powerful lobbying groups. While students face exile for inconvenient truths, OpenSecrets.org reveals AIPAC alone spent over $30 million in the 2022 election cycle to influence US policy, funneling millions to politicians who consistently vote to escalate conflicts and fund foreign militaries, not student aid. (One prominent example,
Rep. Smith, received $450K from AIPAC in 2023, then voted for HR 815, a significant military aid package, 48 hours later.) How many pro-war lobbyists have faced deportation proceedings for their 'foreign influence activities'? The silence is deafening, isn't it?