Overview
- The Coalition for Independent Technology Research filed a federal lawsuit in Washington seeking an injunction against a policy they say bars, detains or deports foreign researchers and fact-checkers.
- The complaint argues the policy violates the First and Fifth Amendments and the Administrative Procedure Act.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio, outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Attorney General Pam Bondi are named as defendants.
- The Justice Department said it will fight the suit and the State Department said a visa is a privilege, not a right.
- The case follows Rubio’s May announcement of visa restrictions and December bans on five Europeans, including Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford, over alleged censorship of Americans.