Trial Begins Over Trump Admin’s Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students

The judge seemed concerned about how to harmonize immigration enforcement with the First Amendment.
Trial Begins Over Trump Admin’s Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students
Students participate in a pro-Palestinian protest near the Columbia University campus in New York City on Nov. 15, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
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BOSTON—A trial over President Donald Trump’s attempts to deport pro-Palestinian activists began on July 7 with attorneys debating whether the administration was chilling free speech by attempting to punish dissenting views.

Academic associations had sued, alleging that Trump had violated the First Amendment and due process through a policy of deporting individuals based on their ideology.

Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
Sam Dorman is a Washington correspondent covering courts and politics for The Epoch Times. You can follow him on X at @EpochofDorman.
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