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Lawrence Summers: Trump's endgame is getting universities to "bend the knee"

President Trump is ramping up an extraordinary pressure campaign on higher education, especially on universities he has vilified, including Harvard. At stake: billions in research funds, the safety of foreign students, tax-exempt status, and academic freedom. Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president Lawrence Summers tells "Sunday Morning" national correspondent Robert Costa that he sees Trump's confrontational tactics against universities as "extortion," with major consequences for us all.

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Mohsen Mahdawi's interview before detainment

Columbia student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by immigration agents at his citizenship interview appointment in Vermont on Monday. Just one day before, he told CBS News' Lilia Luciano his "freedom is in jeopardy" and expressed concerns that his citizenship interview could be a "honey trap." The Department of Homeland Security referred a request for comment to the State Department, which declined to comment. Watch more of Luciano's exclusive interview with Mahdawi, who has held a green card for the last decade.

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