Wretched Priorities 

This sure isn’t how I’d like my tax dollars to be used.

Speaking of Rümeysa Öztürk, recent testimony from Homeland Security agents confirmed that prior to being snatched off the street, she was not informed her visa had been revoked:

When asked by attorney Michael Tremonte if there had been a decision made by top officials to keep Ozturk’s visa’s revocation a secret from her, Cunningham responded: “We did not plan on alerting her to the fact that her visa had been revoked.”

As well, it seems the op-ed Öztürk co-authored last year was indeed the sole reason for her imbecilic visa revocation:

Cunningham testified that he received an email which included a memo from the Department of State as an attachment, which said that Ozturk’s visa had been revoked. The email also included a copy of an op-ed Ozturk co-wrote in the student newspaper calling on Tufts to divest from companies with ties to Israel.

When questioned about the op-ed Ozturk co-wrote, Cunningham said he did not see anything in the piece that indicated evidence of a crime.

This arrest absolutely stinks to high heaven, as do similar arrests of students like Mahmoud Khalil.