MIT faces backlash for not expelling anti-Israel protesters over ‘visa issues’: ‘Who is in charge?’

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is facing considerable backlash after its administrators backed down from a promise to expel pro-Palestinian protesters citing 'visa issues.'

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was blasted this week after its administrators acknowledged the university stopped short of expelling anti-Israel student protesters because of 'visa issues.' MIT President Sally Kornbluth said in a statement Nov. 9 that the school would merely suspend students who participated in the disruptive protest from non-academic campus activities to avoid 'collateral consequences for the students, such as visa issues.

Israel War Room, a group that tracks attacks against Jewish people, posted a video Sunday which appeared to show anti-Israel protesters boasting that they successfully got the university to 'back down' from its prior threats.

 

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