“Catch and revoke” — the phrase sounds like something from a dystopian thriller, but it’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s very real characterization of the Trump administration’s new one-strike visa cancellation policy targeting foreign students. A State Department spokesperson said that “full social media vetting” will be used for visa interviews and will be ongoing while the student remains in the U.S. for studies.
On this week’s episode of The Intercept Briefing, host Akela Lacy speaks to anthropologist Sophia Goodfriend and Chris Gelardi , a reporter for New York Focus investigating surveillance and the criminal legal system. They unpack how AI and surveillance technology are being weaponized to silence dissent on American campuses and fuel the deportations of immigrant