The Trump administration's policy of arresting and trying to deport international students for protesting in support of the Palestinians is blatant and illegal suppression of free speech, a judge said Tuesday.

US District Judge William Young, in a scathing ruling issued in Boston, said the crackdown by the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department amounted to "truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech."

He said the Trump administration targeted non-citizen students backing the Palestinians as the war in Gaza grinds on, with the "goal of tamping down pro-Palestinian student protests and terrorizing similarly situated" students.

Young, who was appointed by the late Republican president Ronald Reagan, said he would decide on a remedy -- what to do abou

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