Private groups in U.S. work to identify and report student protesters for possible deportation

When a protester was caught on video in January at a New York rally against Israel, only her eyes were visible between a mask and headscarf. A right-wing Jewish group said some people identified with the tool were on a list of names it submitted to President Donald Trump's administration, urging that they be deported following his call for the expulsion of foreign students who participated in “pro-jihadist” protests. “Essentially, the administration is outsourcing surveillance.” Pursuit of foreign activists It’s unclear whether names from outside groups have reached top government officials. “We’re focused on government use of facial recognition because that’s who we think of as traditionally tracking and monitoring dissent,” Mr. Zota said. “Please tell everyone you know who is at a university to file complaints about foreign students and faculty who support Hamas,” Elizabeth Rand, president of a group called Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism, said in a Jan. 21 post to more than 60,000 followers on Facebook.