Judge rules Trump admin cannot punish noncitizens for protected speech

A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot use immigration law to punish noncitizens for speech the government dislikes, siding with the Stanford Daily and two international students who sued after visa threats tied to their reporting.

U.S. District Judge Noël Wise found the administration's use of two Immigration and Nationality Act provisions violated the First and Fifth Amendments, and identified what she called a clear pattern: visas were revoked when holders criticized the government or causes it favored, including speech about Israel's actions in Gaza, Charlie Kirk's death, and an Iran peace deal.

The ruling is reportedly the first in the country to address the constitutionality of these statutes, and follows the widely covered arrests of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil and Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk over pro-Palestinian speech. The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment.

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