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Yes.

Referring to protests on U.S. college campuses, former President Donald Trump said May 11, 2024:

“If you come here from another country and try to bring jihadism or anti-Americanism or antisemitism to our campuses, we will immediately deport you, you’ll be out of that school.”

Speaking May 14, Trump said, according to The Washington Post:

“One thing I do is, any student that protests, I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students. As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave.”

Last October, Trump pledged to deport “radical anti-American and antisemitic foreigners” enrolled in U.S. colleges and foreign students who attend pro-Hamas protests.

Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking Aug. 7, 2024, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, said Trump vowed to “round up peaceful protesters and throw them out of our country.”

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Sources

MAGNO NEWS: 🇺🇸 Donald Trump | MAGA Rally in Wildwood, New Jersey (May 11, 2024) [LIVE]

Washington Post: Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators

Reuters: Trump pledges to expel immigrants who support Hamas, ban Muslims from the U.S.

CNN: Trump, citing Hamas attacks, vows sweeping immigration crackdown if elected

Rolling Stone: Trump Says He’d Deport ‘Anti-American’ Protesters in Bizarre Rally Speech

X: Trump campaign post

NBC News: Trump’s plan to quell protests: ‘Deport pro-Hamas radicals’

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Tom Kertscher joined Wisconsin Watch as a full-time Milwaukee-based reporter in October 2024 after starting as a freelance Fact Briefs reporter in January 2023. In addition to contributing to Wisconsin Watch’s collaboration with The Gigafact Project to combat online misinformation, he reports on Wisconsin policy, labor, energy and the rapid expansion of data centers across the state. Kertscher is a former longtime reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a contributing writer for Milwaukee Magazine and the author of two sports books, on Al McGuire and Brett Favre.