Defending a Columbia Student’s Right to Free Speech
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 recently tried to arrest and deport her simply because she attended protests against the war in Gaza — a chilling tactic being used to retaliate against many noncitizen students that violates the First Amendment.
Human Rights First and co-counsel, including CLEAR, sued to protect Yunseo from the government’s attack on her right to express political views disfavored by the administration.
Our Special Counsel Joshua Colangelo-Bryan explains the stakes of this case in the Boston Globe, The Intercept, and NBC News.
On March 25, we secured a temporary restraining order that will keep the government from arresting or deporting Yunseo in the immediate future.
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