The State Department on Thursday designated four antifa groups as foreign terrorist organizations.
FTOs are foreign groups designated as terrorists in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
It’s unlawful for a person in the U.S. or subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. to knowingly provide “material support or resources” to a designated FTO, which includes such groups as Hamas, al Qaeda, the Tamil Tigers, some wings of the Irish Republican Army and several Latin American drug cartels.
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The department described the antifa organizations as anarchist militant groups that “have waged terror campaigns in the United States and Europe, conspiring to undermine the foundations of Western Civilization through their brutal attacks.”
The terrorist designations deny violent organizations access to the U.S.
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