At least five times in recent weeks, federal judges have forcefully rejected President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian student activists, issuing one stinging ruling after another to declare the efforts unconstitutional — with one judge comparing the deportation drive to the Red Scare.

The five foreign-born academics, Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, Yunseo Chung, Rumeysa Ozturk and Badar Khan Suri, were all targeted by the Trump administration after Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared their presence in the United States detrimental to U.S. foreign policy goals. But in every case, judges found the determination to be a flagrant attack on free speech; all were protected or freed from immigration detention by the courts.

Now, the entire policy undergirding those attempted deportations will be on trial after academic groups brought a broad lawsuit challenging the effort. The venue: a federal courtroom in Boston, where U.S. District Judge William Young — a Reagan-appointee with a sharp-elbowed wit — is set to preside Monday.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/06/trump-effort-deport-pro-palestinian-activists-trial-00439997

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