The US government confirmed its use of Canary Mission, a website targeting pro-Palestinian individuals, for deportation purposes. A Department of Homeland Security official testified that a specialized team was dedicated to removing pro-Palestine college students. This tactic involved using information from nearly 5,000 profiles compiled on students critical of Israel. Critics, including professors, expressed outrage at the use of an online blacklist for identifying individuals based on their political beliefs, labeling it as absurd and oppressive.
The United States government has acknowledged its use of Canary Mission, a shadowy pro-Israel website, to identify pro-Palestine students for deportation.
Peter Hatch, an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said that the department had assembled a specialized group dubbed a tiger team to work on removing pro-Palestine college students from the country.
Heba Gowayed, a sociology professor, criticized the reliance on an online blacklist, stating that it's absurd and fascist to use such a website to target activists.
Canary Mission is a doxxing website that specifically targets people for pro-Palestinian language and has been used to harm and intimidate activists.
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