Noncitizens with valid immigration documents targeted for Pro-Palestine Activity

In March 2025, the Trump Administration began targeting noncitizens with valid immigration documents due to their connections to the pro-Palestine movement. Noncitizens were either denied entry into the U.S. after returning from a trip abroad, were arrested in the U.S. and placed in immigration detention, or are facing deportation charges. These individuals include: Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident and Columbia University graduate student; Rasha Alawieh, MD, a Brown University professor and doctor with a valid H-1B visa; and Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University Ph.D. student with valid F-1 nonimmigrant status. Several of these individuals were promptly moved to a Louisiana detention center without prior notice to their immigration attorneys and sometimes in violation of a court order.