‘Intentional cruelty’: CAIR slams US decision to halt Gaza visas
The US Muslim rights group has joined the condemnation of the State Department’s move to suspend visas for Palestinians from Gaza.
“Blocking Palestinian children injured by American weapons from coming to America for medical treatment is the latest sign that the intentional cruelty of President Trump’s ‘Israel First’ administration knows no bounds,” the group wrote in a statement on X.
“It is also deeply ironic that the Trump administration would ban Palestinian children seeking treatment while rolling out the red carpet for racists and indicted war criminals from the Israeli government. This ban is just the latest example of our government’s complicity with Israel’s genocide, which is increasingly rejected by the American people,” it added.
As we reported earlier, the US State Department announced it has halted issuing all visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza, including a “small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas”.
This comes as HEAL Palestine, the main organisation helping evacuate injured children and their families to the US, says it has helped a total of 148 people, including 63 injured children, to do so.
Blocking Palestinian children injured by American weapons from coming to America for medical treatment is the latest sign that the intentional cruelty of President Trump’s ‘Israel First’ administration knows no bounds. It is also deeply ironic that the Trump administration would… https://t.co/73M8vAQHKQ
— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) August 16, 2025
Laura Loomer claims credit for US’s visa suspensions
The far-right activist has hailed the decision by the US Department of State to suspend humanitarian visas for Palestinians in Gaza.
In a post on X, Loomer described the decision as “fantastic news”, and thanked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for what she called his “prompt response to this invasion of our country by NGOS that have been accused of being pro-HAMAS”.
“Hopefully all GAZANS will be added to President Trump’s travel ban,” Loomer added, before suggesting Palestinians can get medical treatment elsewhere.
“The US is not the world’s hospital!”
No just the world's killing machine. It's you bombs and support that maimed these children for life.
Palestinian group urges US to reverse visa decision
The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) has urged the US government to reverse its “dangerous and inhumane decision” to “halt all visas from Gaza, including for children in desperate need of critical medical attention”.
The PCRF said the recently announced decision would have a “devastating and irreversible impact on our ability to bring injured and critically ill children from Gaza to the US for lifesaving medical treatment”.
It added that most children receiving medical treatment outside Gaza go to neighbouring countries, including Egypt and Jordan, and that only a limited number of children needing speciality treatment come to the US.
