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Feds increase detentions amid calls for due process

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published April 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM EDT
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Sareer Fazili on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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The federal detention of foreign nationals who are studying on American campuses has increased, with some members of Congress and the Trump administration saying that they don't deserve due process.

We sit down with Sareer Fazili, president and chairman of the board of trustees for the Monroe County Bar Association. We discuss the value of due process, the state of free speech, and more.

In studio:

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson." She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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