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A federal judge in California ruled that the Trump administration is violating the First Amendment by targeting noncitizens for deportation over campus political speech. The decision is a sharp rebuke to a deportation campaign that tried to turn dissent into a removable offense. It also gives civil-liberties groups another court win in a fight over speech and immigration power.
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A federal judge in California ruled that the Trump administration is violating the First Amendment by targeting noncitizens for deportation over campus political speech. The decision is a sharp rebuke to a deportation campaign that tried to turn dissent into a removable offense. It also gives civil-liberties groups another court win in a fight over speech and immigration power.
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