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Senators clash over ICE arrests and removal proceedings tied to campus protests
Summary
Senators debated recent federal immigration enforcement actions tied to campus protests and the removal proceedings targeting an individual accused of supporting Hamas; witnesses warned against punitive policy that could chill speech while senators pressed for enforcement against alleged wrongdoing.
Senators at the HELP Committee hearing exchanged sharp questioning over recent immigration-enforcement actions tied to campus protests, including removal proceedings and arrests by federal agencies.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., criticized what he described as heavy-handed enforcement actions, saying masked ICE officers "grabbed Rumaisa Ozturk, a PhD student at Tufts University off the street as she was on her way to break fast for Ramadan" and noting that Ozturk had not been charged with a crime at the time of his remarks. Markey argued that arrests…
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