AAUP and Allies Sue over Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students and Faculty for Lawful Speech – March 25, 2025

The national AAUP; chapters at Harvard, Rutgers, and NYU; and the Middle East Studies Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in pro-Palestinian protests and other protected First Amendment activities. Read more here.