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On March 8, Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the lobby of his university-owned apartment. He was then taken to Louisiana and faced deportation for taking part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. A few weeks later, Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, who wrote an essay about Israel and the war in Gaza, was arrested by ICE agents in unidentifiable clothes and taken to a facility in Louisiana. Then, as students began disappearing across the country, it was announced that 38 University of Colorado and Colorado State University students also had their visas revoked. Several of these students have filed lawsuits. Now students are being stripped of their F-1 and J-1 visa statuses — which allow them to study in the country — and face deportation in at least 30 states. Read the full opinion piece on the Collegian website, linked in our bio. Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views ...

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