Sign the petition: End the illegal detention of student protesters!

TELL CONGRESS: The Trump administration is ramping up its targeted, illegal detention and persecution of pro-Palestinian student protesters for exercising their First Amendment rights. Sign the petition: Stop Trump's attempts to deport student protesters! ADD YOUR NAME Harris, The Trump administration is sweeping through college campuses illegally detaining and threatening to deport student protesters for their political views. After ICE targeted Mahmoud Khalil for his role in the Columbia University protests against the Israeli war on Gaza, a second Columbia student has been arrested, a third is being "hunted" by ICE, and a Cornell student has been asked to surrender to authorities.1,2,3 Trump is trying to chill dissent in America by viciously detaining and trying to deport students speaking out against his policies. He's also pressuring universities to comply with ICE or lose funding.4 Our elected leaders must stop the administration's targeted, illegal actions against students. Sign the petition: Stop Trump's attacks on student protesters, the First Amendment, and the rule of law. End illegal detention of student protesters now! ADD YOUR NAME Trump is sending ICE after legal U.S. residents like Khalil, and detaining and deporting people without due process — even defying court orders to execute the admin's cruel, lawless policies. These arrests are designed to spread terror throughout immigrant communities and the movement to oppose Trump. The administration's pressure campaign on universities is meant to make them fall in line, or else — and it worked at Columbia.5 Congress can't stand by and let the rule of law crumble in front of the world. Sign the petition: Free student protesters and end the Trump administration's violation of the First Amendment. Thanks for taking action, Joey and the team at Demand Progress DONATE Sources: Al Jazeera, "US arrests second student over Columbia University pro-Palestinian activism," March 14, 2025. New York Times, "Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation," March 24, 2025. ABC News, "Cornell student who challenged Trump EOs targeting pro-Palestinian protesters now faces deportation," March 22, 2025. Associated Press, "Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes," March 21, 2025. Ibid.   Contributions to ActBlue Civics and Demand Progress Action are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Join our online community on Instagram or Twitter. Receiving too many emails from Demand Progress? You can opt to pause emails from Demand Progress for a month. And of course you can unsubscribe from this list at any time.