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Demonstrators take part in a rally in support of Rumeysa Ozturk

Detained Tufts Student Taken From Massachusetts Before Judge Ordered Her Kept There, Government Says

The student's lawyers have said that her detention violates her constitutional rights, including free speech and due process.

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Cornell Student Protester Facing Deportation Leaves the US on His ‘Own Terms’ After Losing Faith

The government says it revoked his student visa in March because of his involvement in “disruptive protests."

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Alabama Can’t Prosecute Groups Who Help Women Travel To Get an Abortion, Federal Judge Says

The judge's ruling declared that such prosecutions would violate both the First Amendment and a person’s right to travel.

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Trump Task Force To Review Harvard’s Funding After Columbia Bows to Federal Demands

Columbia agreed to many of the changes, drawing condemnation from free speech groups, who see it as a stunning intrusion by the federal government.

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Lawyer for Immigration Activist Jeanette Vizguerra Suspects ICE Is Retaliating Against Her

The lawyer told the judge that she suspects Vizguerra was being targeted because she was exercising her First Amendment right to speech.

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Protests continue at Columbia University in New York during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas

A Look at Who Has Been Detained or Deported in a US Crackdown on Mostly Pro-Palestinian Protesters

President Donald Trump and other officials have accused protesters and others of being “pro-Hamas."

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US Immigration Officials Look To Expand Social Media Data Collection

The notice raised alarms from immigration and free speech advocates because it appears to expand the government’s reach in social media surveillance to people already vetted and in the U.S. legally.

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U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews

Major Law Firm Reaches Deal With Trump To Avoid White House Order Even as Two Other Firms Sue

The two firms who sued argued that the orders amount to an unprecedented assault on the legal system and represent an unconstitutional form of presidential retaliation.

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