Political Speech Under Threat: The Government Is Using Deportation to Silence Dissent

Can the government arrest and threaten to deport a handful of political dissenters in order to frighten everyone else into silence? The Rutherford Institute has joined civil liberties groups in AAUP v. Rubio and The Stanford Daily v. Rubio to challenge government efforts that threaten to turn immigration enforcement into a weapon for punishing political speech and chilling First Amendment rights.…