Kate Shaw

Role
University of Pennsylvania law professor and Strict Scrutiny co-host
Statement date

Kate Shaw on Did ICE Detain an Entire Family for What Eissa Hashemi’s Mother Did?

It is appalling.

Source and context

Original video

Strict Scrutiny, “All the President’s Henchmen” (opens in a new tab)Approximately 51:32 in the episode

About this source

Original Crooked Media episode page for Shaw’s directly attributed remarks. The public transcript spells Tahmasebi’s name phonetically; the identification is clear from the episode notes and linked essay.

Before the quotation

During a recommendation segment, Shaw identified Tahmasebi and described her as a professor and green-card holder with no criminal record who had been held at Dilley since April.

After the quotation

Shaw directed listeners to Tahmasebi’s first-person account in The Nation.

Condemned
How this statement is classified

After identifying Tahmasebi as a green-card-holding professor with no criminal record who had been detained since April, Shaw expressly called the situation appalling.

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People and groups discussed
Maryam Tahmasebi, Seyed Eissa Hashemi

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