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Federal judge blocks Trump deportation of students for Palestine activism
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A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the constitutional rights of international students by seeking to deport them for pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israel, Democracy Now! reported. The decision stemmed from a lawsuit filed by Stanford's student newspaper challenging the administration's immigration enforcement actions against campus activists.
The ruling marks a significant legal barrier to the administration's broader push to restrict speech critical of Israel at American universities. The case centered on whether the government could leverage international students' vulnerable immigration status to suppress constitutionally protected speech, and the judge found the deportation threats unconstitutional on those grounds.
