Rubio, Noem Slapped With Lawsuit Over 'War' on Free Speech Amid Crackdown on Student Visa Holders

Source: MEDIAite

Aug 6th, 2025, 2:27 pm


The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonpartisan free speech advocacy nonprofit, has filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem over “the Trump administration’s war against noncitizens’ freedom of speech,” seeking to block the enforcement of two federal immigration law provisions.

President Donald Trump’s second term has featured a sharp crackdown on immigration, targeting not just the violent criminal illegal immigrants that were the centerpiece of his campaign messaging but those who have committed no crimes other than their lack of legal status, revoking temporary protected status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, and even detaining people who have shown up for their immigration court hearings. Many of the changes have been controversial, and polling shows a sharp reversal in support for the Trump immigration agenda, even among Republicans.

FIRE’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is brought by Stanford University’s independent, student-run newspaper, The Stanford Daily, and “Jane Doe” and “John Doe,” two legal immigrants with student visas who “engaged in pro-Palestinian speech and now fear deportation and visa revocation because of their expression.”

Neither student has been accused of violating any Stanford University rules, nor have they been charged with or convicted of any crime.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/free-speech-group-sues-rubio-noem-for-war-against-noncitizens-freedom-of-speech/

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