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The #NY State #Education Dept issued a defiant response to #Trump’s threats to pull federal #funding from #PublicSchools over #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from recent conciliatory approaches of other institutions. A day earlier, the federal govt issued a memo to education ofcls across the nation, telling them to confirm the elimination of all programs it argues *unfairly* promote #DEI.
#law #democracy #FreeSpeech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html?smid=url-share
New York’s stance differed from the muted and deferential…
The New York Times
@wobweger@mstdn.social@mastodonmigration
indeed,
#democracy is build on courage and accountability, on #FreeWill and #FreeSpeech
cowardliness and yes-person are it's threat, if not downfall
neutral / objective #journalism is very useful as well
#Trump Admin Set to Pause $510 Million for #BrownUniversity
The admin has now targeted 5 #schools’ federal #funding claiming it’s part of a pledge to combat what it has labeled #antisemitism, but what in actuality is #students exercising their #RightToProtest on #university campuses.
#law #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #extortion #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/trump-administration-brown-university-funding-pause.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=CE266166-B715-45A7-9A62-0A68EE55B1CD
The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal…
The New York TimesAnother idea:
FREE SPEECH?
FREE MAHMOUD KHALIL!
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/a-letter-from-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil
Khalil, who was unlawfully arrested in retaliation…
American Civil Liberties UnionBerlin is deporting four foreign residents after their participation in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza. Three are EU citizens, including two from Ireland.
The deportation orders are unlawful, but Berlin’s senate is going ahead anyway.
@hahauenstein #Germany #Gaza #Israel #freespeech #fascism
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/31/germany-gaza-protesters-deport/
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations…
The InterceptA #RightWing Jewish group said some identified w/the tool were on a list of names it gave to #Trump’s admin, urging that they be deported in accordance w/his call for the expulsion of foreign #students who participated in “pro-jihadist” #protests.
Other pro-#Israel groups have enlisted help from supporters on #campuses, urging them to report foreign students who participated in protests against the war in #Gaza to #ICE.
#immigration #law #FacialRecognition #tech #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest
“Months of them hiding their faces went down the drain!” a fledgling #technology company boasted in a social media post, claiming its #FacialRecognition tool had identified the woman despite the coverings.
She was anything but a lone target. The same software was also used to review images taken during months of pro-#Palestinian marches at #US #colleges.
#Trump #immigration #law #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #dissent #CivilRights
Private groups work to identify & report #student #protesters for possible #deportation
When a protester was caught on video in January at a NY rally against #Israel, only her eyes were visible between a mask & headscarf. But days later, photos of her entire face, along w/her name & employer, were circulated online.
#Trump #immigration #law #FacialRecognition #technology #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #dissent #CivilRights
https://apnews.com/article/trump-foreign-students-campus-gaza-protests-deportation-9e2d4abc1c158454da1f68c01062c9ef
President Donald Trump's efforts to deport foreign…
AP NewsHere is the text of the email sent to hundreds of international #students telling them that
their #visas have been revoked due to #activism or #SocialMedia posts.
#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #Education #Universities #Colleges #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState
![[first paragraph] “On behalf of the United States Department of State, the Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Office hereby informs you that additional information became available after your visa was issued. As a result, your F-1 visa with expiration date XXXXX was revoked in accordance with Section 221(i) of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended."](https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/247/830/669/610/776/original/dfac7d2fb1ec8a04.png "[first paragraph] “On behalf of the United States Department of State, the Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Office hereby informs you that additional information became available after your visa was issued. As a result, your F-1 visa with expiration date XXXXX was revoked in accordance with Section 221(i) of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended.\"")
*** This report may not be accurate. Times of India is the only outlet reporting it. ***
Hundreds of international #students have received an email telling them their #visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus #activism or #SocialMedia posts.
#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #Education #Universities #Colleges #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hundreds-of-international-students-are-waking-up-to-an-email-asking-them-to-self-deport-for-campus-activism-or-even-sharing-posts-on-social-media/articleshow/119679695.cms
US News: Hundreds of international students in the…
The Times of India
@wdlindsy@toad.social"Just so it’s clear: It does not END with snatching people off the street on student visas who advocate positions the regime doesn't approve of—that is how it BEGINS."
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Trump #immigrants #ICE #NationalSecurity #students #fascism #FreeSpeech #Ozturk
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@wdlindsy@toad.social"As U.S. President Donald Trump pledges to deport 'millions and millions' of 'criminal aliens,' thousands of federal law enforcement officials from multiple agencies are being enlisted to take on new work as immigration enforcers, pulling crime-fighting resources away on other areas -- from drug trafficking and terrorism to sexual abuse and fraud."
~ Reuters
#Trump #immigrants #ICE #NationalSecurity #students #fascism #FreeSpeech #Ozturk
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-agents-diverted-trump-immigration-crackdown-2025-03-22/
@wdlindsy@toad.social"This [i.e., the kidnapping of Rumeysa Ozturk] is an illegitimate act of political kidnapping, straight out of the Pinochet-Videla-Ríos Montt playbook. And it is no longer an isolated incident."
~ Charles Pierce
#Trump #immigrants #ICE #NationalSecurity #students #fascism #FreeSpeech #Ozturk
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a64309330/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-detained-ice/
She was shipped off to a detention center contrary…
Esquire @wdlindsy@toad.social"People are being swept off the streets right now, every day, and being detained without legitimate cause. The administration is fast-forwarding to its desired conclusion and daring the courts to stop it, while also choosing which court orders to obey and which to defy. Even if the judiciary were somehow able to stop all of this, the chilling effect remains—which, after all, is the point."
~ Alex Shephard
The national security chat debacle certainly merits…
The New Republic @wdlindsy@toad.social"They are flexing their powers and normalizing their fascist behavior by going after the most vulnerable and marginalized among us. They are punishing innocent immigrants, college students, and foreign academics. They have expanded their targets to include law firms, media companies, and judges, and it will eventually include anyone who dares defy their authoritarian dictates."
#Trump #immigrants #ICE #NationalSecurity #students #fascism #FreeSpeech
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@wdlindsy@toad.social"It begins with pro-Palestinian students and brown-skinned immigrants as the Trump Administration and the MAGA movement are going to abuse their power to silence all their critics and enemies. ...
None of us are safe in the Trump regime."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #immigrants #ICE #NationalSecurity #students #fascism #FreeSpeech
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-the-trump-administration-is-targeting
@wdlindsy@toad.socialLandry Ayres notes,
"The White House is using national security as a pretext for suppressing ideological dissidents."
And this is "part of a larger pattern—one that threatens not just immigrants, but all of us."
#Trump #immigrants #ICE #NationalSecurity #students #fascism #FreeSpeech
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https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-cruel-and-lawless-deportations
The crackdown is busting the Constitution along with…
The UnPopulist2 days before Columbia announced its decision, the #Trump admin said it would withhold about $175M in funding to the University of #Pennsylvania because the school allowed a #transgender woman to be a member of its women’s swim team in 2022.
#education #law #USpol #extortion #MafiaState #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfExpression #CivilRights #Constitution #ThoughtPolice
#Columbia’s acquiescence drew significant condemnation on the campus & beyond. Other higher #education leaders watched nervously, fearing that the university’s decision, w/o mounting a court challenge that many felt stood a reasonable chance of success, would provoke the #Trump admin to target other #universities.
#education #law #USpol #extortion #MafiaState #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfExpression #CivilRights #Constitution #ThoughtPolice
The #Trump admin’s move this month to cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in support to #Columbia — which draws roughly a fifth of its operating revenues from Washington — represented a dire #threat to the university. The govt told Columbia it would consider restarting those grants & contracts only if the university agreed to a list of demands.
Last week, it fell to Dr. Armstrong to announce that Columbia had done so.
#education #law #USpol #extortion #MafiaState #FreeSpeech #Constitution