The article discusses the dangers posed to international students by the Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism on university campuses. It reflects on the author's experience at Cornell University, where fear of deportation loomed after a new executive order allowed for the targeting of foreign students engaging in political activism. This order mandates universities to monitor their activities, further instilling apprehension and alienation within the pro-Palestinian student community. The recent arrest of a student leader highlights the impending reality of deportations and the chilling effect this crackdown has on academic freedom and expression.
The order requires universities to monitor for and report activities by alien students and staff and calls on the secretary of education to provide an inventory of court and disciplinary cases involving alleged anti-Semitism at universities.
Trump's words have since become reality. On Saturday night, ICE immigration agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian who led the encampment at Columbia University, and transferred him to a detention facility in Louisiana.
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