Deportation/ Forced to Flee
- Abdelrahman ElGendy - Egyptian student who fled the U.S. due to deportation threat
- "After three years of carving out a home-in-people during my U.S. exile, I was forced to flee into ghourba once more"
- "lawyers warned me to prepare for an ICE arrest"
- "Just two weeks ago, my student visa was revoked by my university"
Arrests
- Rumeysa Ozturk - Turkish graduate student
- "plainclothes officers arresting graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, on the streets of Boston in late March 2025"
- "Her lawyers claimed that the sole reason for her arrest was her profile on Canary Mission"
- Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi
- "two of whom, Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi, are in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement"
Denied Entry to U.S. (Old Story)
- Lara Alqasem - Palestinian-American graduate student
- "Lara Aqsem, a Palestinian-American graduate student, was denied entry to the U.S. to study at a local university in 2018"
- "the government's case against her heavily relied on her profile on Canary Mission"
Behavior Change
- Abdelrahman ElGendy
- "I spent my final month in self-imposed lockdown"
- "I closed my public accounts and isolated myself from the world. I spent an entire month in my apartment, never opening the door"
Job Loss (mentioned generally)
- "Those listed in the organization's database have faced harassment and intimidation, with some even losing their jobs as a result"
Quote about Canary Mission:
"Israeli intelligence has used Canary Mission profiles as a pretext to detain visitors listed in its database at the border"
"What began as a digital platform documenting student opinions has now transformed into an unofficial blacklist, used against them in immigration procedures, scholarships, employment, and even arrest and deportation"