
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R‑Ga.) strongly criticized Tuesday the State Department’s decision to suspend visitor visas for individuals from Gaza.
In a post on the social platform X, she declared, “We need to be the America that allows war torn children to come here for life‑saving surgeries and the America that never releases a foreign child sex predator that our great LEO’s caught.”
She was referring to Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, an official in Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, who was arrested Monday in connection with a Las Vegas child trafficking sting.
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Greene followed up with: “Would it be antisemitic to drag [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s Cyber Executive Director back and prosecute this pos to the full extent of the law and at the same time let Palestinian kids who had their limbs and bodies blown apart receive surgeries in America?”
The visa suspension, issued last Saturday, notably included temporary medical‑humanitarian visas for children. The action that has drawn backlash from rights groups, charities, and medical advocates, who warn it will hinder access to urgent care amid Gaza’s collapsing health infrastructure.
Greene, who in recent weeks has aligned with other lawmakers criticizing both the Trump administration and Israel's policy toward Gaza, added: “did America’s heart grow so cold to refuse innocent children privately funded surgeries and then they return home after they recover?”
She continued: “Wouldn’t we allow Israeli children if they were the ones needing surgery? Or war torn children from any other country?”
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Greene's remarks were welcomed by critics of Israeli actions in Gaza.
Political analyst Khalil Sayegh wrote on X: "Did any Democrat speak with this moral clarity on this issue?"
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Former university professor Ori Goldberg wrote: "I have never agreed with Congresswoman Greene before. I do now."
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