From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams. This is the Daily.

Today, the story of three Columbia students targeted for deportation by the Trump administration

and why immigration arrests are happening

at universities across the country.

My colleague Ahmed Ali Aziz on what these cases reveal about the latest immigration crackdown

and this administration's views on free speech.

It's Monday, March 31st.

It feels like you can't go more than a few days without hearing about another college campus or another college student that has been targeted by immigration officials.

And one thing that seems to have been really making the rounds the last week is this video

of a student at Tufts getting detained on the street by immigration agents.

And it's kind of a shocking video.

And her case feels like this larger pattern that we've been seeing recently with the targeting of students.

And I want to talk to you about what is happening here and what your understanding is of this moment that we are in.

Yeah, definitely.

We saw at the beginning of the Trump administration a real focus on cracking down and arresting undocumented immigrants in the country,

particularly those with criminal histories.

And at the same time, making a note that if you're undocumented in this country,

we're going to come find you, we're going to come get you, and we're going to remove you from America.

But what's happening now is targeting of people who were

legally in the country. They were here with student visas, in some cases, with green cards.

The Trump administration is looking to target individuals that they believe are spreading

messages that they disagree with, and they believe that are

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