Resisting Submission: My answers to the US border officials (Jan Komárek | Verfassungsblog, 2025-04-04)

https://ettlo.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/mr/sh/6rqJ8GoudeITQpom2tnOKIJ84tc/G/_YTyKn5Yz9a
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“As a professor of European constitutional law, I have published on academic freedom and am currently pursuing a project on the political role of the university in a polarized society. As part of this project, … I should spend this autumn at NYU…”

“After the start of the authoritarian takeover in the United States…, I wondered whether I should come to New York.”

“… it was Yale’s email advising all foreign students and scholars of heightened scrutiny when entering the US. It noted that individuals could be questioned by border officials about their support for Palestinian causes and that their visas could be revoked based on their answers. ‘We cannot advise you on how to answer such questions’, the guidance said, ‘but you should be prepared to answer them.’”

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