Catch and Revoke - foreign students - supporters of Hamas

US to Use AI to Revoke Visas of Students It Deems Hamas Backers

The U.S. State Department will use artificial intelligence to revoke visas of foreign students it perceives as supporters of Palestinian Hamas militants, Axios reported on Thursday, citing senior State Department officials.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January to combat antisemitism and has pledged to deport noncitizen college students and others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests that have been ongoing for months amid Israel's military assault on Gaza after Hamas' October 2023 attack.

The AI-fueled "Catch and Revoke" effort will include AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts, Axios reported.

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