Jennifer Moses is a psychology professor and department chair at Los Angeles Pierce College. Campus reporting in 2026 also identifies her as secretary of the college’s Academic Senate.
Case
On April 11, 2026, the State Department said it terminated the Hashemi–Tahmasebi family’s lawful permanent-resident status and that ICE held them pending removal. Officials cited family ties and foreign-policy or national-security grounds; the family and its lawyers called the action family-based punishment.
Role at the time: Los Angeles Pierce College psychology department chair, quoted in original campus reporting
Responding to
U.S. termination of the Hashemi–Tahmasebi family’s residency status and ICE detention
"there is no indication of any wrongdoing"
The statement disputes the claimed justification, characterization or causal account without converting the speaker’s assertion into a finding.
Statement dates: April 15, 2026
