CALIFORNIA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), A federal judge in California ruled the Trump administration unconstitutionally sought to deport international students for pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israel.
In a 90-page ruling, US District Judge Noel Wise found the Trump administration’s use of existing immigration law to cancel foreign students’ visas and deport them violated their constitutional right to free speech.
“In the United States, free speech, including the freedom to criticize the government and its leaders, is not a sign of our democracy’s fragility. It is evidence of its strength,” Wise underlined.
“That strength is diminished when members of our society, citizens and noncitizens alike, must self-censor and ‘behave’ or suffer the government’s retaliation,” he said.
