The authoritarian abductions, detention and attempted deportations of Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi have become the symbols of the Trump administration’s attack on students and universities, yet they are only the most visible.

Since taking office, Trump revoked the visas of more than 6,000 immigrant students and threatened the funding of at least 60 universities. His primary justification for this assault is that he claims to be combatting “widespread antisemitism.” In doing so, Trump is drawing on the decades-long effort by pro-Israel groups to equate any criticism of the state of Israel with the real problem of antisemitism.

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