
Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists faces federal trial
A federal bench trial is set to begin over a lawsuit that challenges Trump administration efforts of arresting and deporting faculty and students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The lawsuit, filed by several university associations against President Donald Trump and members of his administration, would be one of the first to go to trial. Plaintiffs want U.S. District Judge William Young in Massachusetts to rule that the policy violates the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act. Since Trump took office, the U.S. government has used its immigration enforcement powers to crack down on international students and scholars at several American universities.