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Trump's Police Are Now Disappearing Students for Their Op-Eds

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160 points areoform | 1 comments | 30 Mar 25 00:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ranger_danger ◴[30 Mar 25 00:08 UTC] No.43519896[source]▶
> She was disappeared without due process or explanation

Then how do you know it was only because of an op-ed?

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zasz ◴[30 Mar 25 00:27 UTC] No.43519991[source]▶
That's a fair question. She has no interesting online activity besides that op-ed, so hard to see what else it could be.
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ranger_danger ◴[30 Mar 25 00:44 UTC] No.43520087[source]▶
Rubio made a very vague statement:

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/29/us/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-u...

Alleging that she was part of a larger group that committed crimes... but if that's the case, why didn't they arrest anyone else who was there?

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omnimus ◴[30 Mar 25 09:59 UTC] No.43522893{3}[source]▶
The crime is writing the op-ed. The group are the editors and other writers. They cannot be arrested - they dont have VISAs because they are US citizens.
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ranger_danger ◴[30 Mar 25 14:35 UTC] No.43524535{4}[source]▶
I was referring to her being at the site of a protest. Why weren't any other protesters arrested? You don't need a visa to be arrested.
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omnimus ◴[30 Mar 25 18:19 UTC] No.43526288{5}[source]▶
Because you cannot arrest US citizen just because they are at some gathering. You cant do that to someone on VISA.

What you can do is take someones VISA on basis of small gathering that you call protest.

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ranger_danger ◴[30 Mar 25 18:43 UTC] No.43526455{6}[source]▶
> Rubio suggested without evidence she was involved in disruptive student protests

I wasn't trying to imply she was merely there, as Rubio is saying they participated. They never said the op-ed was related... so my question is, if the only reasoning is taking part in the protest, then why arrest nobody else who was there?

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1. omnimus ◴[30 Mar 25 20:00 UTC] No.43527102{7}[source]▶
Maybe Rubio is not the most trustful source... i mean i said it before. They probably can't really get to US citizens. But they can take away peoples VISA on a whim. The reason is to send a message.