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Friday, January 23, 2026

"The files on ztrk, some of which previously were not available to the public, indicate further that the government relied solely on the inferences made from an op-ed she wrote for the student newspaper to carry out the revocation of her visa, her arrest, and her detention," the Globe reported. ... Among the newly unsealed documents is a DHS summary of findings on ztrk, with ex-DHS official Andre Watson writing that the student's actions may have constituted "violations of President Trump's executive orders on anti-Semitism," and that her continued presence in the United States could "have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences."

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The unsealed records reveal that: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provided no evidence of antisemitism, violence, or support for a terrorist organization. The State Department's own internal memo acknowledged there were insufficient grounds to revoke her visa. Despite this, ztrk's visa was revoked, and she was arrested in March 2025 by masked, plainclothes ICE agents. Government officials, including DHS and State Department personnel, relied entirely on inferences drawn from the op-ed to justify her detention and deportation.

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