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As the Trump administration ramps up its attacks on international students and Palestinian activists, Jewish New Yorkers are calling for the release of detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested in Vermont when he appeared for what he was told would be a naturalization test. Mahdawi had previously expressed fears that the appointment, which came earlier than usual in the typical naturalization process, could end up being a trap. “These deportations do not keep anyone safe,” says Josh Drill, an Israeli American master’s student at Columbia University. “They endanger us because they separate Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers who are trying to change the reality.”

We continue our look at the life and legacy of Pope Francis with a focus on his advocacy for migrants’ rights and next steps for selecting his successor, with input from groups like SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. “It was clear that the subject of migrants and immigrants wasn’t just one topic among many that he addressed, as all popes might,” says Robert Ellsberg, editor of Pope Francis’s book on migrants and refugees. “It really was a kind of signature of his papacy.”

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An estimated 3 million people protested at about 1,300 gatherings around the United States on April 5th in what was the first coordinated mass action against Donald Trump’s regime.

Student activists at U.S. universities grapple with the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the Trump administration’s criminalization of their protests.