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U.S. judge blocks visa revocals for pro-Palestinian student speech
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A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot use immigration law to revoke visas for non-American university students based on their support for Palestinians, Shehab Wire reported. The decision blocked the initiation of deportation proceedings against students whose stated offense was expressing pro-Palestinian views and criticizing Israeli policy.
The ruling addresses a legal challenge to the administration's effort to enforce immigration statutes as a mechanism for targeting international students on the basis of their political speech regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The judge found that using visa authority to punish such expression violates constitutional protections, establishing a barrier against the deportation framework the administration sought to deploy.
