Judge Proposes Restricting Deportation of Student Activists
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal judge in Boston, William G. Young, announced plans to restrict the Trump administration's ability to deport noncitizen members of two major academic organizations, emphasizing protection of their First Amendment rights.
- Judge Young criticized President Trump as an "authoritarian" who is not upholding the First Amendment, describing the administration's deportation efforts as a sweeping and unconstitutional abuse of power.
- The proposed court order would require the Trump administration to justify in court any deportation attempts against these noncitizen student activists, presuming such actions to be retaliatory unless proven otherwise.
- In a prior 161-page ruling, Judge Young affirmed that the First Amendment protects the speech of noncitizen students legally in the U.S., finding
