Portland physics student flees Trump crackdown, months from earning his doctorate

The risk seemed far too great.

Portland State University graduate student Abdul Almutairi learned Thursday he was one of 23 international students in Oregon targeted by the Trump administration for deportation.

Haunted by video footage of a Tufts University graduate student who was whisked away by federal agents and sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana, Almutairi made a quick decision.

Even though the student in his 30s was just months away from earning…