Student journalists stand up for freedom of the press; plus, censorship at Indiana University

Surveillance footage of ICE goons grabbing Rümeysa Öztürk near Tufts last March.

Fifty-five student news organizations have signed on to an amicus brief challenging the Trump regime’s use of federal immigration law to revoke the visas of international students and deport them for speech that is protected by the First Amendment.

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The brief was filed by a coalition led by the Student Law Press Center and joined by the Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Association. Among the student news outlets lending their support to the brief are nine from New England, including our independent student newspaper at Northeastern, The Huntington News. The others:

    • The Dartmouth, at Dartmouth College
    • The Harvard Crimson
    • The Heights, at Boston College
    • The Mass Media, at UMass Boston
    • The Mount Holyoke News
    • The Trinity Tripod, at Trinity College
    • The Tufts Daily
    • The Yale Daily News

In addition, 11 student newsroom leaders, including one from Bates College in Maine, have signed as individuals.

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