US EditionJudge finds Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens over Gaza war protests
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s deportation efforts violated the First Amendment by targeting over 5,000 pro-Palestinian protesters to suppress free speech.
- A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully targeted noncitizens for deportation due to their pro-Palestinian activism, violating the First Amendment rights.
- Judge William Young criticized Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem for misusing their powers to chill protected speech among non-citizens.
- The ruling emerged from a nine-day trial initiated by the American Association of University Professors, focusing on the unjust treatment of activists.
- Young's opinion described the administration's campaign as a dangerous suppression of dissent, calling it an unlawful political suppression strategy.
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The US government is threatening foreign students with deportations because of their participation in Gaza protests. Now a federal judge is slowing down: the action is a "scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of freedom of expression".
Federal judge rules Trump unconstitutionally targeted foreign pro-Palestinian students
White house spokesperson says administration will appeal A U.S. District Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s policy of targeting foreign students and faculty for deportation based on their pro-Palestinian advocacy is unconstitutional. The plaintiffs, a coalition of academic and civil rights groups, hailed the decision as a crucial defense of constitutional… Source
The right to freedom of expression applies not only to US citizens, judges a federal judge. Deporting people for their participation in protests is unconstitutional.
Federal judge launches scathing broadside of Trump's efforts to deport pro-Palestinian protesters
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters and academics — saying in a blistering 161-page order that the actions had a chilling effect on college campuses nationwide. U.S. District Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee who was nominated to the federal bench in Boston more than 40 years ago, did not mince his words in his decision. He excoriated t…
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