The Trump administration's aggressive arrest tactics in its deportation efforts are being criticized for targeting legal immigrants and using tactics usually reserved for criminal suspects. Immigrants with valid visas and legal status are being subjected to swarming by masked agents, zip-tying, and being bundled into unmarked vehicles. The targets of these tactics have shifted to include immigrants engaged in First Amendment activities, such as a Turkish graduate student who co-authored an editorial criticizing Tufts University's support for Israel. The White House and immigration officials have celebrated these tactics, using images of enforcement as deportation memes.

Original article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/tufts-ice-crackdown.html
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