Georgetown, Columbia and Brown scholars targeted for deportation by Trump administration

The Trump administration has accomplished academics in its crosshairs — and may be trying to make examples of them.

A graduate student from India with a student visa who had been teaching at Georgetown University. 

A professor at Brown University’s medical school who also has a valid visa and hails from Lebanon.

A pro-Palestinian activist with a green card who recently graduated from Columbia University and has a baby on the way with his U.S. citizen wife.

All three scholars have been targeted by the Trump administration for deportation this month despite the fact that they all have papers allowing them to live and work in the U.S.

In each case, the Department of Homeland Security has justified its decision to kick them out of the country by citing an obscure provision in immigration law that dates to the Cold War and gives the secretary of state the authority to deport that person. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scholars-targeted-deportation-trump-administration-rcna197331

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