{"id":2456379,"date":"2025-07-07T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-crackdown-on-anti-israel-protests-at-colleges-goes-to-trial\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:07:30","slug":"trumps-crackdown-on-anti-israel-protests-at-colleges-goes-to-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-crackdown-on-anti-israel-protests-at-colleges-goes-to-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s crackdown on anti-Israel protests at colleges goes to trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-crackdown-on-anti-israel-protests-at-colleges-goes-to-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2456379&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A trial is currently underway in Boston federal court regarding teh Trump administration&#8217;s attempts to deport foreign pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel activists from college campuses. The case marks the frist legal challenge to such actions since Trump&#8217;s presidency. Faculty unions from several universities, including NYU, Rutgers, and Harvard, argue that these deportation efforts violate the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedures Act. The lawsuit specifically addresses Executive Orders 14,161 and 14,188, which aim to protect U.S. citizens from noncitizens promoting what the government describes as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-a-baby-sleep-training-expert-was-doxxed-and-boycotted-because-she-donated-to-trump\/\" title=\"WALSH: A Baby Sleep Training Expert Was Doxxed And Boycotted Because She Donated To Trump\">hateful ideology<\/a>,&#8221; particularly in the context of the Israel-Hamas conflict. The administration maintains that there is no official policy targeting individuals for their speech, while plaintiffs contend that recent arrests and a climate of fear on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >campuses undermine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a> rights<\/a>. The trial, anticipated to continue until mid-July, seeks to determine if the government&#8217;s actions infringe upon constitutional rights. The presiding judge, appointed by Ronald reagan, has emphasized the case&#8217;s significance in relation to free speech.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s crackdown on anti-Israel protests at colleges goes to trial<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2160063\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A two-week trial began Monday in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/boston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Boston<\/a> federal court over efforts by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> to arrest and deport foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pro-Palestinian<\/a> and anti-Israel activists on college campuses, marking the first of its kind since President Donald Trump took office.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers representing a university faculty union told a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">federal judge<\/a> that the Trump administration&rsquo;s efforts to deport certain noncitizens protesting the Israel-Hamas war violated their First Amendment rights and the Administrative Procedures Act, a law governing the process for developing and issuing regulations. Plaintiffs represented include staff and students from New York University, Rutgers University, and Harvard University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3463289\/harmeet-dhillon-civil-rights-division-rebuilt-cultural-shift-trump\/\">Harmeet Dhillon: Civil rights being rebuilt after &#8216;cultural shift&#8217; under&nbsp;Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3463927\/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-no-client-list-fbi-doj-find-report\/\">Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide, had no &#8216;client list,&#8217; FBI and DOJ find: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3452826\/court-shopping-trump-reprieve-supreme-court-decision\/\">Rampant court shopping against Trump gets reprieve with Supreme Court decision<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>At issue in the <a href=\"https:\/\/knightcolumbia.org\/documents\/pwkvocf6z4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lawsuit<\/a> are Executive Orders 14,161 and 14,188, which aim to protect U.S. citizens from illegal immigrants or noncitizens who &ldquo;espouse hateful ideology&rdquo; or espouse rhetoric that appears to show sympathy for the terrorist group Hamas, which violently attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>While the plaintiffs accuse the government of supplying names to school administrators whom they seek to target on protected speech grounds, Justice Department lawyer Victoria Santora told District Judge William Young on Monday that &ldquo;the reality is there is no ideological deportation policy, or anything like it under any other name.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They do not try to locate this program in any statute, regulation, rule, or directive,&rdquo; the government argued in court filings. &ldquo;They do not allege that it is written down anywhere. And they do not even try to identify its specific terms and substance. That is all unsurprising, because no such policy exists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Although the Trump administration does not have any policy ordering arrests based on speech alone, it has cited a need to curb a dramatic rise in antisemitism on college campuses since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas against the people of Israel. At many pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, Jewish students have been barred by protesters from entering certain areas on campus and, in some instances, have been singled out by aggressive mobs.<\/p>\n<p>During opening arguments, attorney Ramya Krishnan, defending noncitizen students and professor plaintiffs, said the policy &ldquo;creates a cloud of fear for university communities, and it is at war with the First Amendment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Krishnan pointed to high-profile arrests since the orders were signed, including the detention and subsequent release of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who was accused by the administration of supplying protesters with pro-Hamas leaflets. Another case she cited involved Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student who was taken into custody and who had authored an opinion piece critical of her school&rsquo;s response to the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in June that it is &ldquo;a privilege to be granted a visa or green card,&rdquo; referring to Khalil&rsquo;s case. Last month, Khalil was released by a federal judge in New Jersey from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-claims-only-small-percentage-of-public-focused-on-migrant-crisis\/\" title=\"Biden admin. claims only small percentage of public focused on migrant crisis\">federal immigration detention<\/a> after 104 days in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, Immigration Judge Jamee E. Comans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3378399\/judge-rules-trump-administration-deport-mahmoud-khalil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ruled<\/a> in April that the government &ldquo;established by clear and convincing evidence&rdquo; that Khalil was removable.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3464009\/trump-netanyahu-protests-dc-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">PROTESTS BEGIN IN DC AHEAD OF NETANYAHU MEETING WITH TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The trial, expected to last until the middle of July, will decide whether the administration violated the First Amendment and the APA.<\/p>\n<p>The judge, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, has described the lawsuit as an &ldquo;important free speech case&rdquo; and previously denied the administration&rsquo;s efforts to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2160063\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2160063\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s crackdown on college anti-Israel protests goes to trial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2456380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WB.World_.121124.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5845,51440,3970,4853,3634],"class_list":["post-2456379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-anti-israel","tag-colleges-2","tag-protests","tag-trial","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WB.World_.121124.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456383,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456379\/revisions\/2456383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}