Trump admin deports students for speaking out

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Trump admin deports students for speaking out

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FIRE’s new series 1AX exposes the front lines of America’s free speech battles, where dissent is challenged, rights are tested, and the Constitution itself is put on trial. In this episode on free speech and immigration, FIREinterviews Nico Perrino, Jacob Mchangama, and David French on Secretary of State Marco Rubio using a McCarthy-era law to revoke student visas for noncitizens expressing pro-Palestinian views.

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Do noncitizens have First Amendment rights?

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