US judge rules Trump’s effort to deport students for pro-Palestinian speech unconstitutional
The Trump administration violated the Constitution when it targeted non-US citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticising Israel, a federal judged has found.
In a ruling that sharply criticised the US president’s policies as serious threats to free speech, US District Judge William Young in Boston backed university associations that had accused Trump of violating the First Amendment, which protects fundamental freedoms.
“This case – perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court – squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us,” Young, a nominee of Republican President Ronald Reagan, wrote.
“The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally: Yes, they do.”







