Trump Action Archive

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• Democratic lawmakers call for release of Tufts student detained by ICE — U.S. Senator Ed Markey and Representatives Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley, all from Massachusetts, published an essay in the New York Times calling for the immediate release of Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk from ICE detention in Louisiana. The lawmakers documented poor detention conditions—inadequate food, extreme cold, denied religious accommodations, and withheld asthma medication—and characterized her detention as political repression targeting her for critical speech about Israel-Palestine, not immigration violations. They also highlighted similar treatment of Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, arrested without a warrant, and warned of broader unconstitutional enforcement patterns under the Trump administration.

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• EEOC sends text survey to Barnard College employees asking religious/national origin identity — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sent unsolicited text messages to Barnard College employees on their personal phones, linking to a voluntary survey asking whether recipients are Jewish, Israeli, practice Judaism, or have Jewish/Israeli ancestry. The survey was part of a Trump administration investigation into alleged antisemitism at the college. Barnard's general counsel confirmed the college had received no advance notice and that the EEOC was legally entitled to obtain employee contact information. Faculty expressed alarm that the survey effectively creates a list of Jewish employees and represents unprecedented surveillance intruding into personal devices.

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• Deportation of Venezuelan Musician to El Salvador — Arturo Suárez Trejo, a Venezuelan musician, was deported from the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration policies. Suárez, who had been living in North Carolina, was detained and accused without evidence of being a criminal. He was subsequently sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, where his family has lost contact with him. This action is part of a broader policy affecting over 200 Venezuelan men, raising concerns about human rights and due process.