Professor of Law Emeritus William C. Banks was interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education on his involvement as a legal expert in the “LA Eight” Palestinian immigration case from the 1980s. The article compares that case with the current immigration case of Mahmoud Khalil.
The key difference between the immigration crackdown in the 1980s and today, Banks said in an interview, is that Trump-administration officials “simply aren’t playing by the rules” when it comes to giving activists their due process.