The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonpartisan advocacy group, is suing Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem over "the Trump administration's war against noncitizens' freedom of speech," Mediaite reported.
The suit is being brought by Stanford University's student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, and two legal immigrants with student visas who fear their visas will be revoked and they will be deported because they "engaged in pro-Palestinian speech," according to Mediaite.
Greta Reich, the editor-in-chief of the Stanford Daily, said in a statement she's had students turn down assignments and quit the newspaper because they fear being deported for something they wrote.
The suit asks the court to declare two provisions of federal law cited by the Trump administration in their immigration crackdown unconstitutional. The "Deportation Provision," Rubio said lawfully present noncitizens are deportable for protected speech if he "personally determines" that their activities "compromise a compelling United States foreign policy interest," and the "Revocation Provision," which says Rubio "may at any time, in his discretion, revoke such visa or other documentation," according to Mediaite.
"In the United States, no one should fear a midnight knock on the door for voicing the wrong opinion," FIRE said in a statement. "Free speech isn't a privilege the government hands out. Under our Constitution it is the inalienable right of every man, woman, and child."
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