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Incoming Palestinian headed for Harvard University, has visa revoked at airport and is deported
BARENAKEDISLAM ^ | AUGUST 28, 2019

Posted on 08/28/2019 11:49:57 AM PDT by robowombat

THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP! Incoming Palestinian infiltrator headed for Harvard University, has visa revoked at airport and is deported

AUGUST 28, 2019 BY BARENAKEDISLAM

Ismail B. Ajjawi, who lives in Tyre, Lebanon, arrived in the country Friday evening intent on starting fall classes at the prestigious Ivy League school, but never made it out of Boston Logan International airport because his visa was revoked. The student, who was immediately deported, said that he was confronted about anti-American social media posts from online friends.

BizPacReview According to Ajjawi, who had planned to pursue a degree in Chemical and Physical Biology (good bomb-making training), he was detained by immigration officials and subjected to hours of questions and had his phone and computer searched. The assertion coming in a written statement from Ajjawi, the school newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, reported.

“When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell them about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all,” he wrote. “After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.”

Ajjawi also claimed that he was questioned about his religion and religious practices in Lebanon. The State Department declined to comment on the details of the case, giving a generic response because visa records are confidential under U.S. law. U. S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson Michael S. McCarthy said in an emailed statement that Ajjawi was found to be “inadmissible” to the country.

“Applicants must demonstrate they are admissible into the U.S. by overcoming ALL grounds of inadmissibility including health-related grounds, criminality, security reasons, public charge, labor certification, illegal entrants and immigration violations, documentation requirements, and miscellaneous grounds,” McCarthy wrote. “This individual was deemed inadmissible to the United States based on information discovered during the CBP inspection.”

Last month, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan expressing concerns about students having difficulties obtaining visas, including delays and denials.

“Visa policies mandating increased scrutiny of foreign students and scholars (and sometimes naturalized U.S. citizens) from certain countries contribute substantially to mounting concern,” he wrote.


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found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list.” Makes it appear this was a sober international relations chat room. I suspect these were of the 'Melican tonight you die' sort of posts.
1 posted on 08/28/2019 11:49:57 AM PDT by robowombat
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See ya.😁
2 posted on 08/28/2019 11:54:08 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Good riddance. Buh bye!!!!


3 posted on 08/28/2019 11:54:14 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me.

I'm sure that's how it happened...

4 posted on 08/28/2019 11:55:12 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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Harvard is the Evergreen State College of the east.


5 posted on 08/28/2019 11:56:13 AM PDT by PTBAA
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Harvard. The school that enrolled David Hogg but rejected his conservative schoolmate after first accepting him, due to some five year old tweets. That Harvard?


6 posted on 08/28/2019 11:56:29 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: robowombat

Since this is about the 87th time this story has been posted to FR, there probably isn’t anyone in the English speaking world who hasn’t heard about it. Mod must be asleep.


7 posted on 08/28/2019 11:56:48 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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Encouraged.....Thank you Mike Pompao!


8 posted on 08/28/2019 11:57:37 AM PDT by Guenevere
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These anti-American foreign students will not hear anything positive about this country from the Harvard faculty.


9 posted on 08/28/2019 11:58:19 AM PDT by txrefugee
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Agree. Unlikely this guy’s posts were along the lines of
“I oppose U.S steel tariffs”.


10 posted on 08/28/2019 11:58:20 AM PDT by Dagnabitt
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Well aren’t you the thread police

I hadn’t heard and I’m glad it was posted.


11 posted on 08/28/2019 11:59:31 AM PDT by Guenevere
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first time for me


12 posted on 08/28/2019 12:01:16 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true..)
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Virtually the same story posted yesterday with 57 replies:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3774838/posts

Hats off to the officials who made this happen. Now keep him out.


13 posted on 08/28/2019 12:01:54 PM PDT by upchuck (If democrats would stop shooting people gun violence would drop by 90% ~ h/t Mr K.)
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WINNING!!


14 posted on 08/28/2019 12:06:57 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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“first time for me”

Yep. First time I’ve seen it.


15 posted on 08/28/2019 12:09:38 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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Heard of Harvard all my life. Never heard of evergreen. Is that sarcasm? Sorry if I missed it.

Before Harvard /Yale /Princeton went totally RED, they were the pinnacle of higher education.

Now they’re just Marxist propaganda centers.


16 posted on 08/28/2019 12:10:30 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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First time I’m seeing it.
I’d be very interested in hearing how multiple posts have harmed you.


17 posted on 08/28/2019 12:13:53 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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First time I saw this story ... just sayin ...


18 posted on 08/28/2019 12:18:54 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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Virtually the same story posted yesterday with 57 replies:

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thanx for posting.

was out of town & not on line yesterday,so I missed this news.


19 posted on 08/28/2019 12:27:40 PM PDT by thinden
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You forgot CORNELL, Columbia and Dartmouth...)))


20 posted on 08/28/2019 12:33:58 PM PDT by T. Rustin Noone (the angels wanna wear my red shoes......)
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