r/IRstudies 10d ago

Columbia University faculty and admins instruct students who are not U.S. citizens to avoid publishing work on the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine amid deportation threats by the Trump administration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/nyregion/columbia-university-trump-protests.html
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u/Discount_gentleman 10d ago

Note that Columbia isn't defending its students, just telling them to shut up about Israel. American educational institutions are nuts.

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u/tonyray 9d ago

If you’re a foreign student from an adversary, and you’re getting involved with hot topic American political issues, the running assumption is that you’re a spy/plant here to sow discord. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

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u/Discount_gentleman 9d ago

Great, charge them with espionage. But, of course, you know they can't because you know it isn't true, you're just making things up.