Trump’s anti-Palestine crackdown is having a chilling effect on free speech

Courts in the United States have increasingly pushed back against the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigrant rights, particularly its attempts to detain and deport dissenters despite strong constitutional protections for political speech. The recent release of detained students and academics – many of them vocal about Palestinian rights – has brought renewed focus to free speech violations, including Dr. Badar #KhanSuri, a Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow, who was released after 59 days by a federal judge from a Texas detention center on May 14. “Dr. Khan Suri’s targeting, apprehension, transfer, and ongoing detention violate the First Amendment and chill other individuals who express support for Palestinian rights,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia said days before its client, Khan Suri’s release. In the same vein, during his hearing, District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles said Suri’s continued detention will cause “irreparable harm” to him and the public due to the “chilling effect” his detention has caused on First Amendment-protected #freespeech.

https://diem25.org/trumps-anti-palestine-crackdown-is-having-a-chilling-effect-on-free-speech/

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#Georgetown scholar recalls terror and ‘mockery of due process’ in immigration jail

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By OLIVIA DIAZ and BEN FINLEY
Updated 6:34 PM EDT, May 23, 2025

"Then Khan Suri had to use the plane’s bathroom. He said the guards refused to unshackle his wrists.

“They said, ‘No, you have to use it like this or do it in your trousers,’” #KhanSuri recalled of the trip, taking him to a Louisiana detention center. “They were behaving as if we were animals.”"

https://apnews.com/article/badar-khan-suri-georgetown-immigration-case-65e9a9675c29ebe91b39eb647d1d6f18?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

#DefendAcademicFreedom
#ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
#repression #ICE
#NoDeportationForBadarKhanSuri
#NoDeportationForRümeysaÖztürk
#NoDeportationForMohsenMahdawi
#StopTheDeportations
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#ProtestIsNotACrime
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#Indian academic held over pro-#Palestinian views released from #ICE jail

Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri had visa revoked and was arrested by immigration officials in March

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Marina Dunbar and agency
Wed 14 May 2025 17.47 EDT

"US district judge Patricia Giles ... said that the ruling was effective immediately with no conditions and no bond. She added that #KhanSuri’s release was “in the public interest to disrupt the chilling effect on protected speech” during the hearing."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/judge-order-release-khan-suri-ice?CMP=share_btn_url

#DefendAcademicFreedom
#ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
#repression
#NoDeportationForRümeysaÖztürk
#NoDeportationForMohsenMahdawi
#NoDeportationForBadarKhanSuri
#StopTheDeportations
#DefendFreeSpeech
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#USA #US #USPolitics #politics #Trump
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> …in just four days, Khan Suri was transferred between five different facilities across three states, eventually ending up in #Texas. On several occasions, his legal team says he was denied food or water to break his fast. In one of the facilities, #KhanSuri was kept in a room without a bed and with a television blaring for 21 hours a day for almost two weeks. He was given used underwear and was not allowed to spend more than two hours a week outside.

https://zeteo.com/p/breaking-georgetown-scholar-badar

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