A White House official said US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to combat "anti-Semitism" and threaten to deport non-US college students and other foreign residents who have taken part in pro-Palestinian protests.

A list of the most important provisions of the order states that Trump will order the Justice Department to “aggressively pursue terrorist threats, arson, vandalism and violence against American Jews.”

“To all foreign residents who have joined pro-jihadist protests, we warn you: In 2025... we will find you and deport you,” Trump said in the order. “I will also revoke the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on campus, which has become infested with extremism like never before.”

Last year, American universities witnessed student protests to denounce the war on Gaza, with a number of camps being set up in universities including Columbia and Yale.

The students were demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to U.S. military aid to Israel, and the divestment of universities from arms suppliers and other companies profiting from the war.

University administrators and law enforcement authorities have cracked down on the protests.