In a new press article, Arash Abizadeh (McGill University) tells CTV News reporter Joe Lofaro about why he has decided to cancel work-related trips to the United States amid recent reports of foreigners being arbitrarily detained and what he believes is a “breakdown of rule of law”.

Arash said threats of annexation by the U.S. president had already given him pause about going south. After reading about a Canadian woman being detained by ICE agents and a French researcher being deported after border agents searched his smartphone, he decided to pull out of three planned visits to the States, including a conference at Duke University.

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