To the Editor:
Georgetown University graduate student Badar Khan Suri, originally from India, was detained last Monday night at his home in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. Masked agents said his student visa had been revoked.
Brown University Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a Lebanese citizen in the U.S. on an H-1B visa, was detained and deported this month as she arrived back in the U.S. at an airport in Boston
Ma Yang, a 37-year-old Hmong-American, had been living in the U.S. since she was a baby and was a legal resident with a green card. However, the mother of five was detained and then deported to Laos, a country she had never been to and where she says she doesn’t know anyone and can’t speak the language.
Rebecca Burke, 28, a Welsh artist, was detained on February 26 after she “set off on the trip of a lifetime across North America.” She was reunited with her family this month after spending 19 days in a processing center.
Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by federal agents despite being a lawful permanent resident with a green card after he was involved in last year’s protests and encampments in support of Palestine at Columbia University.
Canadian actor and entrepreneur Jasmine Mooney was detained at the border in San Diego as she legally went through the process of trying to get a work visa. She was detained for about two weeks. “There was no explanation, no warning.”
A gay Venezuelan asylum seeker was recently deported to an El Salvadorian torture facility for allegedly having tattoos affiliated with a terrorist group. The man was among 260 Venezuelans accused by the presidential administration of being members of Tren de Aragua, a terrorist group, though Venezuela’s interior minister has said that none of the deportees are members of the group.
Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was seen on surveillance footage on a Somerville street as masked, plainclothes officers approached and handcuffed her on Tuesday.The reason for her detention was not clear as of Wednesday afternoon.
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”
—Martin Niemöller
-Karen Rifkin, Ukiah
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