"Rather, the intent of the Secretaries was more invidious-to target a few for speaking out and then use the full rigor of the Immigration and Nationality Act (in ways it had never been used before) to have them publicly deported with the goal of tamping down pro-Palestinian student protests and terrorizing similarly situated non-citizen (and other) pro-Palestinians into silence because their views were unwelcome."
""There was no ideological deportation policy," wrote senior U.S. District Judge William G. Young, a Reagan appointee, in the 161-page ruling. He also stated unequivocally that noncitizens in the U.S. have the same First Amendment rights as citizens-despite the Trump administration's argument to the contrary during the trial. The decision, which Young said may be the most important ever to fall within his district, comes about two months"
A federal court found that two federal agencies coordinated efforts to detain and deport international students and faculty for pro-Palestinian speech with the purpose of chilling protests. The court concluded that the agencies did not pursue an across-the-board ideological deportation policy but instead sought to target a few individuals for public deportation to suppress broader campus activism. The ruling affirms that noncitizens in the United States hold the same First Amendment rights as citizens. The finding followed a two-week trial in which State Department and DHS employees described being tasked to identify noncitizen activists for investigation and removal.
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