Amid ongoing protests, the Brooklyn Navy Yard has dumped a drone maker tied to the Gaza genocide.
A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments in the cases of two graduate students who say they were unlawfully detained as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on Palestine activism.
A senior ICE official says the Trump administration used the shadowy, anti-Palestine website Canary Mission to find students to target for deportation.
Acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman was repeatedly met with a loud chorus of boos and “Free Mahmoud!” chants as the school held graduation ceremonies this week.
In a blow to the White House, a federal appeals court ruled that Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont. It was just one of several legal setbacks for the Trump administration in recent days.
Last Friday, the White House abruptly reversed course and restored the visas for hundreds of foreign students. It’s one sign the resistance to the Trump administration is working.
Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, and Alireza Doroudi are all being held in ICE detention in Jena, Louisiana. Jena represents the nexus of white supremacy, prison profiteering, and state repression. But its history also shows us the path of resistance.
On the same day ICE posted a social media graphic saying it is working to keep “illegal” ideas out of the US, a Louisiana immigration judge ruled the Trump administration could deport Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil for opposing the Gaza genocide.
The Trump administration has reportedly revoked hundreds of student visas amid a widening crackdown on the U.S. Palestine movement, with one attorney estimating as many as 1,000 visas have been canceled at universities across the country.
“Rather than silence dissent, the government’s actions have only emboldened voices demanding that basic rights be respected here, in Palestine, and beyond,” says CUNY CLEAR attorney Mudassar Toppa.