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What Detainments At Universities Mean For The First Amendment

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Free Speech Under Threat

This chapter examines the alarming trend of detaining international students and faculty involved in pro-Palestinian activism in the U.S., highlighting the subsequent climate of fear among non-citizen students. It discusses the implications of legal immigration statuses and recent government policies that threaten First Amendment rights, particularly concerning protests and political discourse. Through analyses of executive orders and university responses, the chapter emphasizes the precarious state of free speech and the historical precedents of such governmental overreach.

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