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Nonilex<p>…It gets worse….</p><p>On Tues evening a masked group abducted a woman off the streets of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a>. They wore no uniforms. Their faces were covered.…</p><p>The woman being abducted is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tufts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tufts</span></a> University grad student &amp; Turkish national w/a valid <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentVisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentVisa</span></a>. She does not appear to have been charged w/any crimes. The US govt merely says that her student <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> has been *revoked* because she “supported Hamas,” but declined to give further details.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The effort—which could include grand jury subpoenas—marks another escalation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s aggressive crackdown on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> &amp; (what he has labeled as) antisemitism that civil libertarians say stifles <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> on campus &amp; has led to several lawsuits.</p><p>The idea of prohibiting colleges from enrolling any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentVisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentVisa</span></a>-holders grew out of Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a>'s "Catch &amp; Revoke" program, which now is focusing on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> who protested against the war in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Another case like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BadarSuri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadarSuri</span></a>:</p><p>On March 15, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MomodouTaal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MomodouTaal</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CornellUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CornellUniversity</span></a> PhD student w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gambia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gambia</span></a> citizenship, here on a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentVisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentVisa</span></a>, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism”.</p><p>This morning at 12:52AM, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> emailed asking him to come to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> to be detained &amp; put into removal proceedings.</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69743997/taal-v-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courtlistener.com/docket/69743</span><span class="invisible">997/taal-v-trump/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> did not say WHEN he transitioned from a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentVisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentVisa</span></a> to the temp <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WorkVisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkVisa</span></a>. 6 fmr business associates &amp; shareholders said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> said he was on a student visa around the time his status became a concern for the company, Zip2.<br>The report, based on interviews w/fmr business associates, court records &amp; company documents, said Musk worked illegally after ditching a grad program in California to launch a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StartUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StartUp</span></a> that later sold for &gt;$300M.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a></p>