Stephanie Lemus is a Chicana and Chicano Studies lecturer at Los Angeles Pierce College. Her public commentary has addressed academic freedom, free expression and equitable access to education.
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 Chicana and Chicano Studies lecturer
Responding to
U.S. termination of the Hashemi–Tahmasebi family’s residency status and ICE detention
"this is very dangerous for academic freedom"
The speaker explicitly criticizes the action or its effects in the surrounding directly attributed statement.
Statement dates: April 15, 2026
