'Shouldn't We Be Deporting These Students?': Hawley Questions Witness About Non-Citizen Protesters

thank you Senator Senator Holly thank

you very much Mr chairman thanks to all

of the witnesses for being here U Mr PCO

if I could just start with you your

organization at the dream. US you

provide support for undocumented uh

young people for College and Career

Success is that broadly right am I

getting it right that's correct and and

among the things you do is you provide

scholarships to these undocumented

students have I got that correct that's

right and so college scholarships just

to be clear correct okay gotcha can you

can you tell me maybe you know the

answer to this maybe you don't any of

the students do you know if any of the

students to whom your organization has

provided a college scholarship are

currently part of the encampments on any

of these college campuses like the

picture you see behind me I'm sure we've

all seen these videos no Senator um no

none of no nobody who to whom you

provide scholarships are are part of the

encampments I do not know you don't know

um what about do do you know if if any

of the students who to whom you provided

scholarships have threatened physically

threatened Jewish students on on campus

I do not know here's why I'm asking NBC

News just reported and I'm just going to

quote now from the article quote a

Colombia that's is Columbia University a

Colombia undergraduate Who provided only

her initials because she is an

undocumented immigrant and fears

deportation said last week she spent

hours a day in the encampment this would

be the illegal encampment that's

violation of the law as well as student

as well as campus policy spent hours a

day in the encampment I'm quoting still

now before University officials

threatened to suspend those students the

article goes on she joined this uh uh

this student joined a supplies platoon

that's a subgroup formed by Pro

Palestinian campus organizers in quote

uh let me just review some of the things

that these

students these in the encampments that

is are saying of course we often don't

know who these students are they're

conce their identities this is I'm going

to read to you now and I just warn folks

this is not pleasant stuff but but these

are the facts and we have to tell the

truth this is just from last night at

George Washington University that's here

in this town uh they projected these the

students in the encampment there

projected onto various buildings images

of the United States flag being burned

with the with the graphics Gaza lights

the spark that will set the Empire

Ablaze they projected the following long

live the student inata

down with the settler state that would

be the state of Israel I suppose glory

to the martyrs of Palestine it's a

jihadist slogan stained with the blood

of 44,000 Palestinians that's last night

at GW also at GW they're now calling for

beheading this student encampment

beheading

beheading of individuals who support the

state of Israel including holding a

people's tribunal where they're putting

on trial quote unquote various members

of their own Board of Trustees and

calling for a guillotine here's Columbia

University students on April the 20th

2024 this is all public record I'm

reading this now this is on uh I guess

it's X Columbia University students

yelling at Jewish students and I quote

never forget October 7th it will not

happen I'm sorry it will happen not one

more time not five more times not 10 not

100 not 1,000 but 10,000 times the 7th

of October is going to be every day for

you the 7th of October this is to Jewish

students is going to be every day for

you end

quote I guess my question is M peo and

for anybody else on the panel too

shouldn't we be deporting these students

if we have undocumented students who are

here unlaw in the country who are

violating the law let's just be clear

here now this is a violation of the law

and if they're also deliberately

inciting persecution of a person on

account of their race which surely

calling for the murder of Jews does

that shouldn't we be deporting them does

anybody think we shouldn't be shouldn't

we be deporting these students who are

here unlawfully Mr peo Senator we expect

a lot from our Scholars and the scholars

and the the students that I know love

this country respect this country and

want to and and enrich not only the

campuses but also this country that's

fantastic and I hope and and bet that

none of the people that that you sponsor

are are part of this uh and I certainly

hope that's the case but I I just

wondered is there anybody in the panel

who thinks that we should not

Deport students who are here on lawfully

who are engaging in in this activity who

are calling for the death of Jewish

students who are violating laws of the

United States I mean should shouldn't we

be deporting these people does anybody

want to defend it and say no we

shouldn't they should absolutely be

here I think it's

indefensible I the record reflects

there's total Silence from the panel you

know I also think we ought to cancel the

student visas and I've called for this

for those who are here from other

countries with a Visa I think if they're

part of this we ought to be canceling

their visas and we ought to send a clear

message actually miss Peko I think it

was you in your opening statement put it

really beautiful beautifully about how

how part of what we're talking here

today represents the character of the

country I think that's I think that's

very appropriate and we need to send a

message about this

activity not just about the trespassing

and the destruction of buildings that's

bad that's unlawful but the threats of

violence and in some cases the outright

acts of violence against Jewish students

we should send a moral message that if

you do that and you are here unlawfully

you should be deported if you were here

on a student visa you ought to have your

Visa canceled this is the United States

of

America and we are not going to stand

for it and I would just hope we could

speak with one moral voice on this issue

thank you Mr

chairman Senator White

House thank you chairman um