If you want to protect American democracy, defend free speech
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed a program to revoke visas of foreign students deemed actions against U.S. National interests, including those of Indian students.
- Reports indicate several hundred visas have been revoked based on social media surveillance related to protests and activities that are counter to U.S. Foreign policy.
- Concerns have arisen over the impact on free speech rights of foreign students, as the U.S. Government is using social media surveillance as a basis for these actions.
- Democratic leaders, including Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, issued demands for accountability regarding the visa revocations, raising questions about their commitment to free speech advocacy.
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Trump, Congress mount fraudulent charges of antisemitism to launch new attacks on student speech
Confirming their collaboration with the Trump administration’s fascistic attacks on free speech, several university administrations have announced they will fully cooperate with a right-wing congressional committee formed to attack student protesters.
Why Trump’s attacks on free speech should alarm all Americans, not just his latest targets
In Russia, Vladimir Putin will throw protestors against the war in Ukraine in prison. The Chinese Communist Party will send dissidents to reeducation camps. It makes you thankful we live in the U.S.A., where we proudly celebrate our right to free speech, including the right to tell the government to go to hell. Right? Except on March 9, the Trump administration arrested and briefly disappeared Mahmoud Khalil because they disapprove of his protes…
If you want to protect American democracy, defend free speech
The Trump administration is using a Cold War-era statute to deport legal residents who make pro-Hamas statements, but defenders of free speech argue that if Mahmoud Khalil had pro-Hamas views, it shouldn't matter.
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