Federal Judge Blocks Government Retaliation Against Pro-Palestinian Activists, Upholds First Amendment Rights

In a decisive rebuke to overreaching government tactics, U.S. District Judge William Young has issued a protective ruling preventing the Trump administration from changing the immigration status of noncitizen plaintiffs involved in a landmark First Amendment lawsuit. This case exposes a disturbing pattern where national security agencies targeted individuals for deportation simply because they exercised their constitutional right to criticize foreign policy on American college campuses. When Does National Security Cross Into Political Persecution? The facts are clear: More than 5,000 pro-Palestinian activists were subject to surveillance and intimidation under the guise of law enforcement. Yet these actions amounted to...