Republican lawmakers propose legislation to relocate campus protesters to Gaza

A group of House Republicans led by Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a pair of bills Wednesday that would send anti-Israel protesters and others to Gaza or cancel visas if they are convicted of a crime on a college campus.

The Study Abroad Act will cancel visas for those who have been arrested “for rioting or unlawful protest” or for establishing, participating, or promoting an encampment on college campuses since Oct. 7, 2023 — the date of Hamas’s invasion of Israel.

“It’s time to send a clear message to foreign, Hamas-sympathizing students rioting: if you bring chaos to our universities, you can study abroad somewhere else,” Ogles told the Daily Caller. “Might I recommend Iran, Qatar, or Gaza? They seem more your speed,” Ogles added.

The second bill, the Antisemitism Community Service Act, is much more broad.

That bill would send anyone who has committed a crime on a college campus since Oct. 7, 2023, to Gaza to perform six months of community service. The bill’s current wording would include those who have committed crimes unrelated to recent anti-Israel protests.

“If you support a terrorist organization, and you participate in unlawful activity on campuses, you should get a taste of your own medicine,” Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX), who introduced the bill alongside Ogles and Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC), said to Fox News Digital. “I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn’t last a day, but let’s give them the opportunity.”

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The Washington Examiner reached out to Ogles for comment.

Both bills will likely face an uphill climb to pass the House and would be much less likely to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.