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How ICE is becoming a secret police force under the Trump administration

Secret police are a quintessential feature of authoritarian regimes. From Azerbaijan’s State Security Service to Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation, these agencies typically target political opponents and dissidents through covert surveillance, imprisonment and physical violence.

The Conversation

Trump Administration Admits ICE Arrested Mahmoud Khalil Without a Warrant

The administration's lawyers claim that this was justified by Khalil's likelihood of escape.

Reason

Democratic lawmakers call for release of Tufts student from Ice detention

Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley exhort authorities to free Rümeysa Öztürk, calling her treatment ‘repression’

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ICE did not have warrant for Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest - now Homeland Security claims ‘they did not need one’

Homeland Security says its agent believed the student activist was trying to leave the scene of his arrest in New York - campaigners branded the claim ‘absurd’

The Independent UK

Friday briefing: What is the human cost of Trump’s immigration crackdown?

In today’s newsletter: The new US hardline policies have sparked widespread fear and controversy, as families, students, and tourists face arbitrary detention and deportation

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: US lawmakers decry ‘national disgrace’ of student detentions on visit to Ice jails

Delegation reports poor conditions. Plus, Musk says he will step back slightly from Doge after Tesla profits slide 71%

The Guardian - UK

‘National disgrace’: US lawmakers decry student detentions on visit to Ice jails

Delegation visits jails where Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk are being held and denounce ‘authoritarian’ Trump

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Detained Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi says he’s ‘in good hands’

Mahdawi, a Columbia University student now held in a Vermont, US prison, says he has faith in the ‘ability of justice’.

Al Jazeera

Detained Palestinian activist in Vermont prison says he's 'in good hands,' focused on peacemaking

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was recently arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship says he’s “in good hands” at the Vermont prison where he's being held

The Independent UK

Columbia student activist detained by ICE was denied leave for the birth of his son, wife says

Mahmoud Khalil remains inside a Louisiana detention center as the Trump administration fights for his removal from the country

The Independent UK

Detained US university student misses son's birth after release plea rejected

Mahmoud Khalil, 30, has been held in detention since early March over his involvement in last year's pro-Palestinian campus protests.

Euronews

"The Deportation of Dissent"

An excellent April 14 article by Jacob Mchangama and Hirad Marami (The Bedrock Principle); here's an excerpt: The Department of… The post "The Deportation of Dissent" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US

The Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year

The Independent UK

Palestinian activist Khalil denied release for son’s birth, wife says

Mahmoud Khalil’s wife Noor Abdalla accuses US government of trying to silence pro-Palestinian activism.

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The Independent UK

Wife of detained Columbia activist says her husband was denied release for his son's birth

The wife of detained Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil is accusing federal immigration officials of purposely denying a request for her husband to attend the birth of their first child so the family would suffer

The Guardian - US

Mahmoud Khalil’s wife Noor Abdalla gives birth as Ice denies his request to attend

Palestinian activist, held in Louisiana detention facility, only allowed to call in as wife delivered their first child

The Conversation

Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 foreign university students since January 2025. Many of the individual cases that have made headlines center on foreign-born university students who participated in Palestinian rights protests.

The Guardian - US

The showdown between Harvard and the White House – day by day

After months of pressure to defend itself, Harvard rejected demands from the Trump administration

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Marco Rubio Brags About Defending Freedom of Speech While Eagerly Undermining It

The secretary of state, who aims to "liberate American speech," nevertheless wants to deport U.S. residents for expressing opinions that offend him.

Latin Times

Detained Pro-Palestine Activist Mahmoud Khalil Calls Americans To Act 'Before It's Too Late' In Op-Ed

Mahmoud Khalil discussed the potential repercussions of his arrest for the country's freedom and democracy in a recent Washington Post op-ed.

The Independent UK

Trump’s approval rating on immigration has tanked in recent weeks as more controversial deportations are revealed

Trump’s approval rating has fallen as many call for the government to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father and Salvadoran immigrant who was wrongfully deported from Maryland

The Guardian - US

Denied, detained, deported: the faces of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The administration has torn up the rulebook as it seeks to implement a hardline agenda to expel people from the US

Al Jazeera

US revokes nearly 1,700 student visas: Who are the targets?

Hundreds of students have had their visas cancelled and find themselves in limbo. Some have been arrested.

Capital & Main

The Crackdown on Campuses Is a Crackdown on Unions

Many students losing visas and research funding are union members. Some in the labor movement are pushing back.

Salon

Vance undermines Trump on student visas

International students, Vance recently argued, are "bad for the American dream"

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