US EditionJudge Blocks Deportation of Anti-Disinformation CEO
US District Judge Vernon Broderick blocked deportation of Imran Ahmed, citing potential violations of his free speech and due process rights, days after visa bans targeted five figures.
- On Dec 25, US District Judge Vernon S. Broderick issued a temporary restraining order halting enforcement against Imran Ahmed and scheduled a Dec 29 hearing.
- On Tuesday, Washington imposed visa bans on Imran Ahmed and four Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring platforms, while Ahmed sued Marco Rubio, Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem, claiming violations of his free-speech and due-process rights.
- Ahmed's complaint says the government weaponizes immigration law against his CCDH advocacy, violating the First and Fifth Amendments, INA and APA, and deportation would separate him from his US wife and child.
- A protective order is expected Monday, and the next hearing is set after Vernon S. Broderick waived the bond requirement, with dates not specified in the source.
- The case highlights tensions over content monitoring and US-EU relations as Marco Rubio said, 'These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states'.
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The Trump administration is attempting to ban five European online researchers from entering or remaining in the United States, accusing them of acting as "foreign censors" who suppress American viewpoints and coerce tech platforms into censoring free speech.The targeted researchers work in tracking and regulating online disinformation, hate speech and harmful content. However, the State Department has labeled them "foreign censors" and used thi…
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of State from arresting or deporting Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
Federal judge blocks deportation bid against online disinformation researcher Imran Ahmed
A federal judge in Manhattan has temporarily barred the Trump administration from arresting or deporting British-born researcher Imran Ahmed, a lawful permanent resident whose work targets online hate and disinformation, after the State Department moved to sanction him under a foreign policy deportation provision. In an order issued shortly after midnight on December 25, 2025, US District Judge Vernon S. Broderick of the Southern District of New…
Trump Banned from Deporting a Sanctioned Brit Censoring Americans
Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, was one of five people placed on a visa ban after the government accused him of censorship. Ironically, he is the epitome of a hateful person trying to decide what is hate speech and who to censor in the United States. One of […] The post Trump Banned from Deporting a Sanctioned Brit Censoring Americans appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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