All the ways the Trump administration is going after colleges and universities:

Support from the US Navy and Congress will be critical.

— Analyst Euan Graham from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute on the need to convince the US Navy of the long-term benefits of the AUKUS agreement.

If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country.— Senator Alex Padilla spoke after meeting with Secretary Noem about the treatment of senators by the administration.

The world is more dangerous and unstable as a result of the extremist Netanyahu’s government's ongoing defiance of international law.— US Senator Bernie Sanders warns about the dangers of Benjamin Netanyahu’s unilateral attack on Iran.

To put it bluntly, there is no invasion or rebellion in Los Angeles; there is civil unrest that is no different from episodes that regularly occur in communities throughout the country, and that is capable of being contained by state and local authorities working together.

— Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, in an emergency filing.

The president is escalating events in Los Angeles not to prevent violence, but to stoke fear and division.

— Nick Brown, the attorney general of Washington State, whose office led the filing in federal court in California of what is known as an amicus brief.

We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa.

— Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, spoke in March about deporting students with pro-Palestinian connections.

The only reason they're calling him dangerous now is to justify the denial of due process and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.— Defense lawyer Dumaka Shabazz made this statement during the hearing.

Eliminating FEMA would be a man-made disaster; we need FEMA to help us address natural disasters. Let’s work together to improve FEMA so we are ready for future disasters.— A spokesperson for North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D), emphasizing the need for FEMA.

Democracy is under assault before our eyes. The moment we've feared has arrived.— Gavin Newsom, California Governor, during a speech addressing the challenges facing democracy.

Trump's mass deportation project is actually a demographic engineering project.— Adam Serwer of the Atlantic explained on a recent Bulwark podcast.

Today, they appear to have finally relented to our demands for compliance with court orders and with the due process rights afforded to everyone in the United States.

— Senator Chris Van Hollen stated in a press release regarding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Trump wants chaos and he's instigated violence.— Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, addressing the situation in Los Angeles and the protests against Trump's immigration policies.

We had a good relationship, I wish him well, very well.

— Donald Trump spoke during an event at the White House.

I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far.

— Elon Musk expresses regret over his critical comments about Trump in a post on his platform X.

We are crushing it. We are dedicating our company to the service of the West and the United States of America, and we’re super proud of the role we play, especially in places we can’t talk about.— Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, during a call with investors.

There’s a book I read to my kids, and it talks about how you can’t be brave if you’re not scared.— Jenna Norton, who is one of the lead organizers of the Bethesda Declaration, expresses her fears and motivations for the protest.

I can’t go back— says Hilda Espinoza Telon, a refugee from Guatemalan gang violence, whose lawyer says she was recently fitted with an ankle monitor by ICE. 'Nearly my whole family has been murdered over there.'