Lawsuit
Published on March 25, 2025
Columbia University student Yunseo Chung came to this country with her family at the age of seven. Even though she is a lawful permanent resident of the United States, the Trump administration tried to arrest and deport her in the spring of 2025, simply because she attended a protest concerning the disciplining of students at Barnard College who had demonstrated about the war in Gaza — this chilling tactic being used to retaliate against many noncitizen students in violation of the First Amendment.
Human Rights First and co-counsel CLEAR, Emery Celli, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights San Francisco sued to protect Yunseo from the government’s attack on her right to express political views disfavored by the administration.
Tell Congress to stop funding the targeting and deportation of non-citizens who are simply exercising their First Amendment rights.
