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It’s shocking, and it sort of confirms our worst fears that authoritarian repression on American universities is expanding under the Trump administration,
said Hashemi
In many ways, [Suri] was the exact opposite to Mahmoud Khalil, in the sense that he was not an organiser or a leader. He was simply a researcher and postdoctoral fellow at our centre,
Hashemi saidReally any expression of solidarity with Palestinians or criticism of Israel is deemed in and of itself, to be both anti-Semitic and inherently supportive of terrorism and Hamas,
he saidThis person seems to have been targeted, not for his activism, ... but simply for being suspected of holding certain views.”
he saidIt really cuts to the heart of academic freedom — if people have to censor themselves, if students are afraid to ask certain questions or raise certain points because maybe someone in the class is recording and is going to share with some of these extremist groups out there that have been doxxing students,
he saidThis is the first arrest of many to come,
Trump posted March 10 about Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil’s case
Our client is in Lebanon, and we’re not going to stop fighting to get her back in the US to see her patients, and we’re also going to make sure that the government follows the rule of law,
an attorney representing Alawieh’s family in a federal complaint fighting the deportation, Stephanie Marzouk, told reporters in mid-March outside a Boston courthouse
We have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country,
Vice President JD Vance, an alumnus of Yale Law School, said three years ago in a speech to the National Conservatism ConferenceIt is really common for authoritarian governments – both those on the left and those on the right – to go after universities,
said LevitskyWhere exactly are we in the poem that begins, ‘When they came for the communists, I did not speak out?’ Well, they’ve already come for the asylum-seekers. They’ve come for the migrant families. Now they’ve come for Mahmoud Khalil,
said HowleyDr. Alawieh stated that she did not want to give authorities the perception that she supports Hezbollah and the Ayatollah politically or militarily,
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In the context of crises and protests around controversial speakers, along with the growing preoccupation on campuses with offensive speech and so-called microaggressions, Trump and his allies contorted the idea of free speech to build a narrative that the university, rather than the political right, was the chief threat to the First Amendment,
Dirks wrote this month in The AtlanticHaving my visa revoked and then losing my student status has upended my life and future — not because of any wrongdoing but because I exercised my right to free speech,
Srinivasan told CNN
The professors are the enemy,
he added, quoting a statement President Richard Nixon made to then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that was secretly recorded by the White HouseI think if you listen to one of his sermons, you would know what I mean,
Alawieh allegedly told the agents, according to WCVB’s copy of the filingWe are currently confused about how and why this is happening to him,
she saidThere is no question that this is an attempt by Trump and his administration to chill the speech of academics, particularly those who are not U.S. citizens, that he does not agree with,
Chin told NBC News
The Secretary of State has determined that your presence or activities in the United States would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States,
reads a document in one of the deportation cases, citing the provisionA visa is a privilege not a right — glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be denied,
the agency responded laterWhile lawful permanent residents may not be criminally prosecuted for their political speech or activity, what they say or write may well affect their ability to remain in the U.S., if the government determines that they are a security risk,
Chin wrote