A judge ruled in favor of a faculty union's claim that the government violated free speech rights of non-citizen students on college campuses.
A federal judge ruled that non-citizens have the same freedom to express opinions and exercise their free speech rights as do citizens.
The Sept. 30 ruling came from a lawsuit brought against the Trump administration by a professional association and labor union representing professors and teaching faculty at Rutgers, Harvard and New York University.
The lawsuit was filed in response to a spate of visa revocations and high-profile arrests of foreign students who spoke out against Israel's military campaign in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, a student-led movement that swept the nation last spring. Among those arrested were green ca