Bill targets 'terrorist sympathizers' on Iowa campuses who are visa holders

(Radio Iowa) – A subcommittee in the Iowa House has advanced a bill called the “Combating Terrorist Sympathizers Act.”

It calls for suspending, expelling or firing students and employees at Iowa colleges and universities who are here on a student or work visa and express support for terrorist activities or a terrorist organization. They’d likely have to leave the country.

Representative John Wills, a Republican from Spirit Lake, says it’s a response to campus protests against Israel. Last month President Trump said he would cancel visas and deport foreign students who are Hamas sympathizers.

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