ICE’s Impact on Academic Freedom

This chapter examines the troubling actions of ICE against students and academics involved in pro-Palestine activities, focusing on the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University. It highlights the chilling effects of immigration enforcement on dissenters and the legal complexities surrounding their cases. The narrative also addresses broader implications of such actions on academic freedom and activism amidst a hostile political climate.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

The Library Funding Cliff
Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 2
RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System
How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #10

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https://archive.ph/z2Fyx

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