A deaf immigrant perseveres and becomes a U.S. citizen
It can be challenging for immigrants working to become U.S. citizens, especially if the person can’t hear. This is the story of one deaf woman who persevered in her quest to become an American.
Campus protesters have faced deportation threats before
In January of 1987, Michel Shehadeh, a Palestinian man who’d lawfully immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager, was taking care of his toddler son at home when federal agents arrived at his door and arrested him at gunpoint. Shehadeh soon learned he was one of eight immigrants arrested on charges relating to their pro-Palestinian activism.
Then, in March of 2025, federal agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate student, and Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri. Both are in the U.S. legally, being threatened with deportation. And both are targets of the Trump administration’s crackdown on what they describe as anti-Semitic, pro-Hamas speech on college campuses.
We hear from David Cole, who represented the Los Angeles Eight for insight into this moment, and what we can learn from their plight.
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