Imagine
traveling to the U.S. for pre-approved work, study, or
vacation — only to be arrested, locked away, and
treated like a criminal without ever being charged
with a crime.
Right now, the U.S.
government is detaining innocent foreign nationals under
a sweeping and unjust immigration policy — sometimes
based on nothing more than a private
text message, a social media post, or their perceived
political views.
Scientists,
doctors, students, and tourists have all been
targeted, thrown into detention centers for weeks on
end, and even deported without due
process.
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University
student and Green Card holder, was seized in front of
his pregnant wife and is now imprisoned in a notorious
Louisiana detention center — simply for
expressing opinions the U.S. government
didn't like. Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a Brown University
doctor with a valid work visa, was deported in
direct defiance of a judge's court order.
Georgetown researcher Badar Khan Suri, who is married to
a U.S. citizen, was detained after authorities accused
the couple of holding the "wrong" political
views.
The list goes on, and the
criteria for detention remain dangerously
vague. A French scientist was deported for
privately criticizing U.S. research policies. A UK
tourist was imprisoned for three weeks with no
explanation. A Canadian citizen with a valid work visa
and several German citizens were held in multiple
detention centers for two weeks.
This
is not just an immigration issue — it is a human rights
crisis and an alarming step toward
authoritarianism. If the U.S. can revoke visas
and detain people arbitrarily today, what's
stopping them from targeting U.S. citizens
next? We must act before more innocent
people's lives are upended.
Sign the petition to
demand an immediate end to these abuses, the release of
those unjustly detained, and the restoration of revoked
visas and Green Cards. No one should live in fear of
being arrested simply for being a foreign national in
the U.S.
