The Trump administration asked a New York federal judge to reject a bid to block deportation proceedings against a noncitizen Cornell University student over his pro-Palestinian advocacy as well as two executive orders accused of chilling the free speech rights of foreign students.
A D.C. Circuit panel seemed split on Monday as the appellate judges contended with the Trump administration's bid to dissolve a trial court order blocking the deportations of some Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
A Columbia University student who is a legal permanent resident claimed Monday that the Trump administration was trying to arrest and deport her simply because she attended protests against the Israel-Hamas war, a clear violation of the First Amendment, according to a suit filed in New York federal court.