Foreigners refuse to write about the Middle East conflict for fear of being deported, says lawsuit
The university newspaper of processed the administration of (Republican), on Wednesday (6.ago.2025). It claims that the government has violated the rights of freedom of expression of foreign students by threatening deporting them for writing reports “Anti-American or anti-Israel”. The information is from the agency .
O Stanford Daily And 2 unidentified students stated in the lawsuit, filed in a Federal Court in California against the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Internal Security, that foreign students from the institution of Palo Alto, California, refused to write about the conflict in the Middle East for fear of being arrested, detained and deported.
“This cloak of fear is incompatible with American freedom”said the action, according to the agency. “Our first amendment serves as a bulwark against violation by the government of the inalienable human right to think and speak for itself”.
O Stanford Daily He stated in his lawsuit that the government caused its foreign writers to self -censor to avoid being targets. Argued that government threats prevent them from “Being involved in protected expressions, such as participating in protests, using certain slogans, and publicly expressing their true opinions on US foreign policy, Israel and Palestine”.
The university newspaper asked the court to decide that the US Constitution prevents the government from deporting foreigners for exercising freedom of expression.
“In the United States of America, no one should fear a beat na Porta at midnight for expressing the wrong opinion ”said the lawyer of the Stanford DailyConor Fitzpatrick in a statement.
A spokesman at Stanford University said the newspaper is an independent organization and that the university is not part of the lawsuit.
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The Trump administration tried to deport students who expressed pro-palestine opinions, calling them anti-Semitic and extremist sympathizers, whose presence in the country was contrary to US foreign policy. Protesters stated that the government erroneously confuses its criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza and its defense of Palestinian rights with anti -Semitism and extremism.
Judges ordered the release of some students that the government stopped without criminal accusation.
