“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 Homeland Security recently announced that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services would begin screening the social media posts of “aliens applying for lawful permanent resident status,” as well as foreign students and others affiliated with educational institutions deemed linked to antisemitic activity. In particular, USCIS will deny benefits to applicants whose posts indicate support for “antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, or other antisemitic activity.”
This move follows several high-profile cases where foreign students — including visa and Green Card holders — were detained, seemingly for their speech or beliefs. This includes a Turkish student at Tufts University, who was seemingly targeted for co-authoring a st
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