Juana Summers

Shahada soon learned he was one of eight immigrants, mostly students and known as the L.A.A. arrested on charges relating to their pro-Palestinian activism. Fast forward to this month, when federal agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate student, and Georgetown professor Badar Kansouri. Like the LA8, both are in the U.S.

Shahada soon learned he was one of eight immigrants, mostly students and known as the L.A.A. arrested on charges relating to their pro-Palestinian activism. Fast forward to this month, when federal agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate student, and Georgetown professor Badar Kansouri. Like the LA8, 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 across the country. For insight into this moment and what we can learn from the plight of the LA-8, we turn now to David Cole. He represented the LA-8 over their 20-year fight to remain in the United States.

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 across the country. For insight into this moment and what we can learn from the plight of the LA-8, we turn now to David Cole. He represented the LA-8 over their 20-year fight to remain in the United States.

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 across the country. For insight into this moment and what we can learn from the plight of the LA-8, we turn now to David Cole. He represented the LA-8 over their 20-year fight to remain in the United States.

David Cole, welcome to the program.

David Cole, welcome to the program.

David Cole, welcome to the program.

I just want to start by asking you, as briefly as you can, could you just walk us through what happened to the LA-8?

I just want to start by asking you, as briefly as you can, could you just walk us through what happened to the LA-8?

I just want to start by asking you, as briefly as you can, could you just walk us through what happened to the LA-8?

As you mentioned, these cases went on for more than two decades. How did that affect the lives of the L.A. families?

As you mentioned, these cases went on for more than two decades. How did that affect the lives of the L.A. families?

As you mentioned, these cases went on for more than two decades. How did that affect the lives of the L.A. families?

What are the similarities that you see between their case and those that are being brought today against Mahmoud Khalil and the others?

What are the similarities that you see between their case and those that are being brought today against Mahmoud Khalil and the others?

What are the similarities that you see between their case and those that are being brought today against Mahmoud Khalil and the others?

Why do you think it is that the government has gone after folks on college campuses in particular when it comes to this kind of speech?

Why do you think it is that the government has gone after folks on college campuses in particular when it comes to this kind of speech?

Why do you think it is that the government has gone after folks on college campuses in particular when it comes to this kind of speech?