The author, Abdelrahman Elgendy, describes dramatic behavioral changes due to fear of arrest:
- "I locked myself inside my home for a month"
- "I ordered groceries under a fake e-mail and only unlocked my door after midnight to retrieve them"
- "I went to my laptop and booked my flight"
Why this is the case: The author was an Egyptian International student whose name appeared on doxxing sites used by the Trump administration for deportation targets, causing him to drastically alter his behavior and ultimately flee the country.
Quotes from the Article:
After Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil was abducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in front of his university apartment in New York City. I locked myself inside my home for a month. As an Egyptian international student whose name had appeared on one of the Zionist doxxing sites being used by the Trump administration to help pick its deportation targets, I knew to expect the worst. When the administration revoked the first F-1 visa at mv university, my lawyers gently but unequivocally told me that the question had likely become no longer if I would be arrested but when.
For a month. I opened my eyes each morning and reached for my phone. I retreshed my profile on the Zionist doxxing site, then googled my name with the "past 24 hours" filter. I exhaled when no new targetina camnaian andeared.