Know your rights: Protesting and traveling in the U.S. as a noncitizen

了解你的权利:作为非公民在美国抗议和旅行的权利

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2025-04-02

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Can noncitizens protest? Should you leave your phone at home when flying into and out of the United States? Post reporters walk us through the gray areas being used by the Trump administration in its effort to crack down on immigration.
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  • In New York last month, ICE detained a green card holder who got his master's at Columbia University.

  • His wife, who's American, recorded video of the arrest.

  • In Boston last week, masked officers in plain clothes detained a Tufts University student from Turkey.

  • You may have seen this video.

  • These people surround her in the street.

  • She panics and screams.

  • Both were in the country legally, and both are now facing possible deportation,

  • seemingly for their political speech supporting pro-Palestinian campus protests.

  • Their cases are part of a sweeping Trump administration crackdown on foreign nationals.

  • Here's Secretary of State Marguerite Rubio talking about this effort,

  • which the administration said has already led to more than 300 visas being revoked.

  • From the Newsroom of The Washington Post, this is Post Reports.

  • I'm Colby Echoitz.

  • It's Tuesday, April 1.

  • Today.

  • We talk about the gray area of immigration law and First Amendment protections.

  • Reporter Maria Luisa Paul will explain what the risks are for non-citizens.

  • And later,

  • we hear from technology reporter Heather Kelly about whether you should lock down your phone

  • if you're traveling to the US,