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Between this and ICE posting today that they want to stop illegal 'ideas' from crossing the border, this is some of the most authoritarian free-speech infringement from the US government we've ever seen. Indefensible and incredibly alarming.

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this is literally what the first amendment aims to protect. future law students will be reading these cases in con law in the not so distant future.

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The first amendment protects your ability to speak, not the consequences of speaking

Immigration law and enforcement is not a 1A issue

I am broadly against how they are handling the issue because it makes the US look weak and scares foreign visitors, however its not a 1A issue and claiming that it is undermines your point

Is the speech in question being censored?

if all your activities are otherwise lawful, but you are being expelled from the country because of your beliefs it is absolutely a 1A issue and directly infringes on his constitutional right to free speech.

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You can say whatever you like (even Nazi protestors are allowed to say what they like) but you are not protected from the consequences of your actions, or if your speech insights others to violence. 1A is not freedom from consequence, it's freedom to say what you like, and protection from the government removing that speech after the fact or preventing you from speaking it in the first place

This is a bad faith boondoggle. A business can remove you from their premises for your speech but the government cannot. Free speech is protected from government interference. That’s literally what it means.

Yes, USCIS can deny Visas or revoke Visas per their own internal polices, it is not based on a 1A issue, it is at discretion of the state dept

If you don't like that, you can call your Congressman and demand they institute protections, but I severely doubt that any judge would agree that it's a 1A issue if you take it to court

Its a bad policy, but not unsound

So if Harris won in 2024 she would be able to revoke Visas and start deporting any lawful permanent resident who attended a Trump rally or has a social media post in favor of MAGA so long as she says it's against the National Security interest of the US?