By now you may have heard that President Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a foreign student at Tufts under shocking circumstances, for an unnervingly thin rationale. This is only the latest in an escalating trend, in which numerous students are being targeted for removal based in many cases on what appear to be their political associations and viewpoints. In a stunning turn on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated straight out that the administration is hoping to do this hundreds of times. We think this is a watershed moment: Rubio is not only confirming the scope and reach of Trump’s targeting of foreign students, but he’s also leaving no doubt that he’s occupying a central role in all of it. We talked to Shev Dalal-Dheini, a top official with the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She decodes the legal complexities behind this whole saga—and explains why these removals should unsettle all of us. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
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Trump’s ICE Removals Take Darker Turn After Unnerving New Rubio Threat
As Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes a shocking claim about Trump’s efforts to deport foreign students, an expert in immigration law explains why these escalating removals should deeply unsettle us all.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, D.C., on March 24
