From Massachusetts to Michigan, reports are on the rise of authorities detaining and deporting Iranian students at US airports. Cassidy Taylor offers support to a deported Iranian student while protesting outside the federal courthouse in Boston on January 21. A case surges into the national spotlightProtesters packed the airport's arrivals lounge last week, holding signs that said, "Protect Iranian Students" and "Stop Discrimination Against Iranians." "The number of international students, after increasing steadily for a decade, has leveled off in the United States," he says. "We're worried about the environment for international students," Hartle says.

Source: CNN January 31, 2020 12:33 UTC