Federal Trial Set to Address Trump’s Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Academics
(MENAFN) A federal court in Boston is set to hear a pivotal trial on Monday addressing a lawsuit that contests President Donald Trump’s intensified efforts to deport foreign students and academics engaged in pro-Palestinian activism, media reported Sunday.
In recent weeks, several federal judges have halted Trump’s deportation attempts targeting student activists advocating for Palestinian rights.
The legal battle focuses on five international scholars — Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, Yunseo Chung, Rumeysa Ozturk, and Badar Khan Suri — who faced deportation after Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled them as threats to U.S. foreign policy objectives, according to media.
Despite this, courts have consistently found that the government’s rationale for deporting these individuals violated their constitutional protections, leading to their release or prevention of detention.
Academic groups are now challenging the broader policy itself, accusing the Trump administration of suppressing the constitutional rights of American citizens to engage openly with foreign-born academics.
Presiding over the bench trial is U.S. District Judge William Young, a Reagan-era appointee.
This case marks an early judicial examination of Trump’s agenda for a second term and involves a judge known for previously opposing the administration’s immigration and funding directives.
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