Over the course of a two-week trial in July 2025 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio, the government, for the first time, disclosed extraordinary internal documents making clear that the nation’s immigration officials had targeted students and faculty for arrest and deportation on the basis of their constitutionally protected pro-Palestinian advocacy.

These records, made public by the court on January 22, 2025, include the intelligence dossiers (called “reports of analysis”) that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel prepared on five pro-Palestinian students—Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Bader Khan Suri, Mohsen Mahdawi, and Yunseo Chung—that focus on those individuals’ speech and associations, and that repeat unvetted and unsupported allegations from opaque pro-Israel organizations like Canary Mission that their activities were antisemitic or pro-Hamas. The released documents also include referral letters from DHS to the State Department that purport to summarize actions by the targeted students that violate President Trump’s executive orders on antisemitism, and largely only repeat the unverified allegations in the reports of analysis; as well as State Department “action memos” formally recommending that the targeted students be deported on the basis of their speech and advocacy. The government additionally disclosed new State Department guidance memorializing the legal pathways it believes it may use to deport pro-Palestinian protesters. Several of the key documents are listed below:

Documents Pertaining to Mahmoud Khalil

DHS Report of Analysis on Mahmoud Khalil, dated March 6, 2025: Ex. 233
Referral Letter, from Andre Watson, Assistant Director, National Security Division, DHS, to Andrea Whiting, Director, Field Operations, Department of State, re: Mahmoud Khalil, dated March 7, 2025: Ex. 242
Action Memo for the Secretary, from John Armstrong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, re: Removal of Yunseo Chung and Mahmoud Khalil, both U.S. LPRs [Lawful Permanent Residents], under Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), dated March 8, 2025: Ex. 247
Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security, from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, re: Notification of Removability Determinations under Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA): Ex. 8

Documents Pertaining to Rümeysa Öztürk

DHS Report of Analysis on Rumeysa Ozturk, dated March 17, 2025: Ex. 232
Referral Letter, from Andre Watson, Assistant Director, National Security Division, DHS to John Armstrong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, re: Rumeysa Ozturk, dated March 21, 2025: Ex. 245
Action Memo for Senior Bureau Official John Armstrong, from Stuart Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, Department of State, re: Revocation of F1 Visa for Rumeysa OZTURK, dated March 21, 2025: Ex. 250
Memo for ICE, from John Armstrong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, to Andre Watson, Assistant Director, National Security Division, DHS, re: Revocation of Visa - Rumeysa OZTURK, dated March 21, 2025: Ex. 16

Documents Pertaining to Bader Khan Suri

DHS Report of Analysis on Bader Khan Suri, dated March 10, 2025: Ex. 234
Referral Letter, from Andre Watson, Assistant Director, National Security Division, DHS, to John Armstrong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, re: Badur Khan Suri, dated March 14, 2025: Ex. 246
Action Memo for the Secretary, from John Armstrong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, re: Determination of Deportability of Badar Khan Suri under Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), dated March 15, 2025: Ex. 249
Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security, from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, re: Determination of Deportability under Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA): Ex. 21

Documents Pertaining to Mohsen Mahdawi

DHS Report of Analysis on Mohsen Khader Mahdawi, dated March 12, 2025: Ex. 235
Referral Letter, from Andre Watson, Assistant Director, National Security Division, DHS, to John Armstrong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, re: Mohsen Mahdawi, dated March 14, 2025: Ex. 244
Action Memo to the Secretary, from John Armstrong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, re: Determination of Deportability of Mohsen Mahdawi, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR), under Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), March 15, 2025: Ex. 248
Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security, from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, re: Determination of Deportability under Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA): Ex. 12

Documents Pertaining to Yunseo Chung

DHS Report of Analysis on Yunseo Chung, dated March 6, 2025: Ex. 236
Referral Letter, from Andre Watson, Assistant Director, National Security Division, DHS, to Andrea Whiting, Director, Field Operations, Department of State, re: Yunseo Chung, dated March 7, 2025: Ex. 243
Action Memo to the Secretary, from John Armstrong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, re: Removal of Yunseo Chung and Mahmoud Khalil, both U.S. LPRs [Lawful Permanent Residents], under Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), March 8, 2025: Ex. 247
Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security, from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, re: Notification of Removability Determinations under Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA): Ex. 19

New State Department Guidance

Diplomatic Cable 25 STATE 17178, “Catch And Revoke: National Security Through Timely Processing of Visa Systems Messages,” dated Feb. 28, 2025: Ex. 51
Diplomatic Cable 25 STATE 26168, “Enhanced Screening and Social Media Vetting for Visa Applicants,” dated March 25, 2025: Ex. 64
Diplomatic Cable 25 STATE 45612, "Caught and Revoked: Updated Guidance on Systems Messages," dated May 15, 2025: Ex. 50
Diplomatic Cable 25 STATE 59756, “Expanding Screening and Vetting for FMJ Applicants,” dated June 18, 2025: Ex. 239