{"id":21548,"date":"2025-04-25T10:35:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=21548"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:41:25","slug":"why-did-trump-arrest-a-student-for-writing-an-op-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/why-did-trump-arrest-a-student-for-writing-an-op-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Trump Arrest a Student for Writing an Op-Ed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd\" data-ad-rendering-role=\"story_message\">\n<div id=\"\u00abr182\u00bb\" class=\"x1l90r2v x1iorvi4 x1ye3gou xn6708d\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-10-34-40-Why-Did-Trump-Arrest-a-Student-for-Writing-an-Op-Ed-Mises-Institute.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-21550\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-10-34-40-Why-Did-Trump-Arrest-a-Student-for-Writing-an-Op-Ed-Mises-Institute-1024x462.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-10-34-40-Why-Did-Trump-Arrest-a-Student-for-Writing-an-Op-Ed-Mises-Institute-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-10-34-40-Why-Did-Trump-Arrest-a-Student-for-Writing-an-Op-Ed-Mises-Institute-800x361.png 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-10-34-40-Why-Did-Trump-Arrest-a-Student-for-Writing-an-Op-Ed-Mises-Institute-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-10-34-40-Why-Did-Trump-Arrest-a-Student-for-Writing-an-Op-Ed-Mises-Institute-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-10-34-40-Why-Did-Trump-Arrest-a-Student-for-Writing-an-Op-Ed-Mises-Institute.png 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mcmaken?__cft__[0]=AZV7x324ZdiO0SSSuL7CKrgbqYIOeOYP3J735JIqFv9AmkteFeuhO5IMsLszrqYRKC0e6QuNXr9VMI16-GDLgxP6BnYgT20tmWj2sybUVRDWHg&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Ryan McMaken<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>and I had fun smacking the Trump administration for sending 6 masked federal agents to seize a Turkish grad student to punish her for writing an op-ed. Is this case the bellwether for a sweeping crackdown on free speech &#8211; first with foreign students, &amp; then American citizens? Trump, discussing the protests over Gaza, promised rich donors last May: &#8220;One thing I do is, any student that protests, I t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/27\/trump-israel-gaza-policy-donors\/?campaign_id=39&amp;emc=edit_ty_20250425&amp;instance_id=153290&amp;nl=opinion-today&amp;regi_id=228385352&amp;segment_id=196719&amp;user_id=bc0e2dcf463f99f0002b21cc0147ab23\"><strong>hrow them out<\/strong><\/a> of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students. As soon as they hear that, they\u2019re going to behave.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/24\/trump-administration-vanishing-people-in-america-ozturk-update\/\"><strong>partial transcript last night<\/strong><\/a> of one of my riffs on the Ozturk arrest from this show.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s the link to the full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/podcasts\/radio-rothbard\/why-did-trump-arrest-student-writing-op-ed\"><strong> Mises Institute Radio Rothbard<\/strong><\/a> podcast on the case. Here&#8217;s the summary of the show: &#8220;James Bovard joins host Ryan McMaken to talk about how the White House went from targeting illegal aliens to seizing legal residents guilty of the \u201ccrime\u201d of criticizing the government of the State of Israel.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">https:\/\/mises.org\/podcasts\/radio-rothbard\/why-did-trump-arrest-student-writing-op-ed<\/div>\n<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan McMaken and I had fun smacking the Trump administration for sending 6 masked federal agents to seize a Turkish grad student to punish her for writing an op-ed. Is this case the bellwether for a sweeping crackdown on free speech &#8211; first with foreign students, &amp; then American citizens? 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