The government revoked Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s visa due to her pro-Palestinian activism, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who added the State Department may have revoked more than 300 student visas since the beginning of the second Trump administration.
“It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” Rubio said during a press conference in Guyana on Thursday."
This kind of thing is obviously going to have a chilling effect on people here on visas taking an active role in any demonstrations, marches, or other types of organized resistance. That’s the goal.
It’s passed time for any citizens that have been cheering on the demonstrators from the comfort of their armchair to get up, go outside, and participate.
You don’t need a clever sign to hold up. Just be there.
If you drive past a demonstration and wherever you were going can wait an hour or so, stop, park, and go join them.
You can find lots of opportunities to protest near you at https://www.mobilize.us/?is_virtual_flexible=false
Then, when there aren’t any demonstrations currently going on near you to participate in and you’re back in your armchair…
https://5calls.org/