College campuses have become ground zero for President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. Under his and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s guidance, federal agents have detained multiple international students under threat of deportation.
Starting with the March 8 arrest of Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil in the lobby of his Columbia University housing, multiple students and faculty have been targeted, including Cornell grad student Momodou Taal, whose student visa was revoked by the State Department earlier this month; and 21-year-old Yunseo Chung, a Columbia student and permanent resident, who a judge recently ruled could not be held in Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention as the deportation case against her continues.
This week, footage spread online of plainclothes ICE agents snatching Tufts grad student Rumeysa Ozturk off the street in Somerville, Massachusetts, spurring local protests. Like Khalil, Ozturk is being held…