Mar 29, 2025
Takeaways about groups working to identify and report foreign student protesters
FILE – Demonstrators gather in support of detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil on March 14, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) ASSOCIATED PRESS
Following President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for the deportation of foreign students involved in “pro-jihadist” demonstrations against the war in Gaza, some supporters of the policy had already begun efforts to identify individuals for potential expulsion.
These developments raise significant concerns about privacy, surveillance, and the intersection of activism and immigration policy.
