The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) has sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristy Noem seeking information on how the agency plans to use antisemitism as a means of deportation, The Hill first reported.
On Wednesday, the DHS announced it would begin reviewing social media accounts for traces of antisemitism as grounds for denying an applicant a green card or student visa. In justifying the new policy, Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) assistant secretary for public affairs said, “There is no room in the United States for the rest of the world’s terrorist sympathizers, and we are under no obligation to admit them or let them stay here.”
Yet, civil rights leaders are concerned the policy is a backdoor to the erosions of freedom which would harm all communities. “Make no mistake: The threat of antisemitism is real and rising in the United States and around the globe,” wrote JCPA CEO Amy Spitalnuick in her letter to Noem.
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