A Palestinian Student at Columbia Is Released After Arrest at His Citizenship Interview

In his release order, the judge said Mohsen Mahdawi has raised a “substantial claim that the government arrested him to stifle speech with which it disagrees.”

Judge Blocks Trump Push To Cut Funding to Public Schools Over Diversity Programs

The judge said there is reason to believe the department’s actions amount to a violation of teachers’ free speech rights.

Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules

Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, was the first person arrested under President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on students who joined campus protests against the war in Gaza.

ACLU’s Esha Bhandari on Trump’s Alleged Targeting of Pro-Palestinian Viewpoints

Bhandari expressed that all Americans, regardless of their viewpoint, should be concerned with the Trump administration’s actions and its chilling of speech.

Columbia Must Give 30 Days’ Notice Before Sharing Student Records With Congress

But the judge stopped short of outright blocking the Manhattan university from complying with the congressional requests, as lawyers for the activists sought.

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.

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."

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.