Yale Professors Jason Stanley, Timothy Snyder, and Marci Shore have now taken posts at the University of Toronto, specifically to flee Trump’s new America. (https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/28/us/yale-university-scholars-toronto-trump/index.html)
Academics leaving the US under force:
- Mahmoud Khalil (Columbia; Palestinian; detained, whereabouts unknown)
- Momodou Talal (Cornell; British Gambian; case in court now)
- Badar Khan Suri (Georgetown; Indian; detained at home pre-deportation)
- Rumeysa Ozturk (Tufts; Turkish; pulled from the street and detained by masked agents)
- Ranjani Srinivasan (Columbia; Indian; self-deported to Canada pre-arrest)
- Yunseo Chung (Columbia; South Korean; targeted for detention)
- Leqaa Kordia (Columbia; Palestinian; in custody)
- Alireza Doroudi (Alabama; Iranian; detained, whereabouts unknown)
- Dr Rasha Alawieh (Brown; Lebanese; deported)
- Kseniia Petrova (Harvard; Russian; detained and to be deported to Russia despite escaping)
- Unnamed French scientist (university unknown; blocked at US customs)
Non-academics:
Trump’s presidency is 67 days old.