EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Northwestern University says as many as 16 students face the loss of their student status at midnight for refusing that mandatory training, a request to block that action denied by a federal judge.

The students, their attorneys and their supporters left court disappointed but defiant.

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"We believe in our claims. We believe in our clients, and we believe that our claims are meritorious and that the courts will agree at the end of the day," said attorney Maria Nieves Bolaños.

A group of students is suing Northwestern, alleging that the school's anti-bias training and policies "prohibit expressions of Palestinian identity" by characterizing "criticism of the state of Israel as antisemitic."

"Certain express

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