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| NYC college distributing ‘know your rights' pamphlets to help students defy Trump deportations | |
| 2025-03-27 | |
| [FoxNews] New York City arts college, The Cooper Union, is attempting to thwart the Trump administration’s efforts to deport foreign students accused of supporting Hamas, a campus-wide email obtained by Fox News Digital revealed. "The news of the arrest by federal agents of a Columbia University graduate and the raid of two Columbia University dorm rooms in the last week is deeply troubling," the email began, sent by Associate Dean of Students Grace Kendall and Vice President for Enrollment Troy Kogburn. "In addition, the State Department announced a new effort to utilize AI to review student visa holders’ social media accounts to identify individuals who appear to support Hamas or other designated terror groups. Please know that we are monitoring these situations closely," it continued. The email went on to warn students with "less secure" immigration status about the risks associated with protest activity and social media posts about protest activity. It also announced that the administration would be distributing "Know Your Rights" pamphlets to assist students who fear deportation, and listed members of faculty who could provide assistance.
The university has emerged as a symbol of the nationwide antisemitic surge on college campuses. In October 2023, weeks after Hamas launched their brutal terrorist attack which saw the most Jews killed on a single day since the Holocaust, Jewish students were forced to take refuge in a library as they were surrounded by an unruly mob of anti-Israel demonstrators who beat on the doors and banged on the windows of the space. The Lower East Side school was harshly reprimanded by a Manhattan judge last month after it argued a lawsuit brought by students in the matter should be dismissed on the grounds that they should have left the building or hid in a room above the library. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 Rex Mundi: iAmerica is the national immigrant justice campaign platform of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). We're empowering dreams and igniting change by advocating for the rights of all American families. The above suggests they are only interested in legal immigrants, which very likely is not true. At least until now — at some point in the near future it no doubt will become illegal to unionize illegal aliens, no matter how well intentioned. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-03-27 22:57 |
| #2 To all NON-US CITIZENS in the USA, supporting HAMAS, a known US DHS/FBI/DOJ listed Terrorist group that brags of it murders, child rapes, kidnapping Group and more. If you assault, occupy a building, keep others from attending school, vandalize properties, vehicles, arson, toss firebombs, block emergency traffic, and hold people against their will. Consider yourself lucky IF you are only deported and banned from returning. An don't have to spend time in prison, where you will likely end up being a much loved shower room play toy. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-03-27 14:36 |
| #1 Was at the Dr 2 days ago - saw stacks of these fliers - all printed up by SEIU for an org called iAmerica. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2025-03-27 13:40 |