Sen. Marsha Blackburn says anti-Israel protesters should lose access to federal student loans

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., proposed penalties Wednesday for anti-Israel protesters on college campuses, saying they shouldn't get access to student loans. 

"If you're a foreign student and you are on a student visa, and you are protesting against the United States [by] shouting 'Death to Israel' [or] 'Death to America' [or] 'I am Hamas' [or] 'We are Hamas,' your student visa should be revoked immediately," Blackburn said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "You should be deported and barred from re-entry into the country."

"If you're an American student and you are out there protesting in the same manner, then you should lose access to your federal student loan," she continued. "And no student loans for these individuals who are protesting against the country should be allowed to be 'forgiven' as the Biden administration is out here, trying to forgive everybody's loans."

Anti-Israel protests have swept across the United States on college campuses, with many individuals setting up encampments and refusing to leave. 

Blackburn earlier this week introduced legislation titled "The No Flights for Terrorists Act" which would put individuals who called for violence against the Jewish people or pledged allegiance to terrorist groups on the "no fly" list. 

This includes students, faculty and paid agitators, according to Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., who worked on the legislation with Blackburn. 

"I believe if somebody tells you they're a terrorist, we should believe them," Blackburn said. "Put their names on the terrorist watch list and add them to the no fly list, so that they're grounded. They're not going to be able to move around and spread their hate."