The article discusses the alarming abductions of students of color by ICE and compares the current climate to McCarthyism. It argues that this wave of intimidation on college campuses is not about safeguarding the U.S. government but rather protecting Israel's interests amid growing dissent against its actions in Gaza. The author highlights that the students targeted are not challenging the U.S. political system but are critical of Israel's treatment of Palestinians. Moreover, institutional academic autonomy is threatened as certain departments face bureaucratic pressure due to their stance on Israel, illustrating the politicization of education and criticism on campuses.
As people across the nation look on, aghast, at the footage of vulnerable students of color being abducted in broad daylight by the masked gunmen of ICE.
The campaign of brute intimidation ravaging campuses across the country is not being framed as a way of safeguarding the American government... but to protect a distant foreign regime.
What Trump's targets are accused of is their criticism of Israel's genocide in Gaza and their advocacy of Palestinian rights.
The surest evidence that this crusade is ideologically grounded in protecting Israel... isn't just in the roster of those chased or abducted by ICE.
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