Kate Shaw is a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny.
Case
U.S. officials revoked the Hashemi–Tahmasebi family’s permanent residency and detained them, citing national-security and foreign-policy concerns tied to Eissa Hashemi’s mother. The family and its supporters say the government imposed guilt by association.
Role at the time: University of Pennsylvania law professor and Strict Scrutiny co-host
Responding to
Did ICE Detain an Entire Family for What Eissa Hashemi’s Mother Did?
"It is appalling."
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.
Statement dates: August 17, 2026
