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He researches antisemitism for a living. Why does the State Department want to kick him out of the country?

JL;DR SUMMARY Imran Ahmed, a researcher studying how tech platforms spread antisemitism, faces deportation after the Trump administration's State Department announced the revocation of his visa, although he is now a legal permanent resident with a green card. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationState DepartmentSocial MediaJewish OrganizationsDisinformationFreedom Of SpeechCenter For Countering Digital HateImran AhmedPolitical Targeting

Places mentioned

Washington, Washington DC, United States
"It is confusing, Ahmed told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Friday, speaking from his home in Washington, D.C."
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
"noting the two had first connected after the 2017 Unite the Right march in Charlottesville, Virginia, during which one counter-protester was killed."
United Kingdom
"A columnist at Britains Jewish News also criticized the Trump administrations targeting of Ahmed: Imran Ahmed was a friend to America and an important voice in debates about free speech, wrote David Hirsh."

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