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Maanvi Singh

Why Trump’s brutal crackdown on free speech is unprecedented in the US

Woman holds sign that says Free Rumeysa Ozturk  now
A protest over the detention of Rumeysa Ozturk in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 27 March 2025. Photograph: Taylor Coester/EPA

Donald Trump campaigned on the promise that he would crack down against pro-Palestinian student protesters.

Over the past few weeks, he has forcefully followed through.

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