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Apr 16, 2025 The Trump administration revoked or challenged student visas and legal status for international students, prompting lawsuits and emergency court orders Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
The actions put students at risk of detention and removal while raising broad due process concerns about status termination.
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- BYU student visa revoked without notice — Suguru Onda, a BYU PhD student, had his student visa revoked without prior notice due to alleged criminal history, which his attorney claims is based on minor infractions.
- Case update — Jane Doe 1 v. Bondi (N.D. Ga.) 1:25-cv-01998 — The court issued a TRO to prevent the termination of F-1 student visa holders' status and restore their SEVIS registration and work authorizations.
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Week 13 – 2025-04-12–2025-04-18
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Apr 15, 2025 President Trump and President Bukele said Kilmar Abrego Garcia would not be returned and discussed expanding Salvadoran prison capacity Corroborated Power and Authority
The meeting publicly signaled resistance to court-ordered relief and normalized using a foreign prison system as an arm of executive detention policy.
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- Trump and Bukele Announce Plan to Defy Supreme Court Ruling — On April 14, 2025, President Donald Trump met with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office, where they announced their decision not to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S., defying a Supreme Court
- President defies Supreme Court order on concentration camps — The President of the United States has openly defied a unanimous order from the Supreme Court by continuing to collaborate with the President of El Salvador to send individuals, including American citizens, to
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Week 13 – 2025-04-12–2025-04-18
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Apr 14, 2025 ICE detained Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri over alleged ties and speech related to Palestine Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
The detention suggested immigration enforcement was being used against academic speech and association without disclosed evidence.
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- Detention of Georgetown Scholar by ICE — Dr.
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Week 13 – 2025-04-12–2025-04-18
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Apr 14, 2025 ICE detained Mohsen Mahdawi during his naturalization interview in Vermont Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
The arrest during a citizenship process raised concerns about retaliatory enforcement against political activism and due process.
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- Mohsen Mahdawi Detained by ICE During Naturalization Interview — Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student, was detained by ICE in Vermont during his naturalization interview.
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Week 13 – 2025-04-12–2025-04-18
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Apr 13, 2025 President Trump proposed sending U.S. citizens and other detainees to prisons in El Salvador Corroborated Power and Authority
The proposal challenged constitutional limits on punishment and due process by suggesting offshore incarceration beyond normal domestic accountability.
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- Trump proposes deporting US citizens to El Salvador — On Monday, during a meeting with El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, President Donald Trump proposed deporting US citizens who are "homegrown criminals" to El Salvador, where they would be imprisoned.
- Trump Discusses Sending American Citizens to Salvadoran Prisons — Former President Donald Trump was recorded on a hot mic suggesting to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele that he build more hard-labor prisons in El Salvador to detain American citizens.
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Week 13 – 2025-04-12–2025-04-18
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Apr 12, 2025 An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled that Mahmoud Khalil could be deported based on a State Department memo about his views and associations Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
The ruling raised free speech and due process concerns by treating political views as grounds for removal.
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- US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views — An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled that Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and Palestinian organizer, is eligible for deportation from the United States.
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Week 13 – 2025-04-12–2025-04-18
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