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Trump's Police Are Now Disappearing Students for Their Op-Eds

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160 points areoform | 5 comments | 30 Mar 25 00:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.996s | source
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ranger_danger ◴[30 Mar 25 00:08 UTC] No.43519896[source]▶
> She was disappeared without due process or explanation

Then how do you know it was only because of an op-ed?

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deckar01 ◴[30 Mar 25 00:52 UTC] No.43520142[source]▶
> Friends and colleagues of Ms Öztürk said she was not closely involved in pro-Palestinian protests that broke out on campuses last spring. They said her only activism was co-authoring the Tufts op-ed.

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/105107664

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threeseed ◴[30 Mar 25 00:55 UTC] No.43520169[source]▶
Even if she was involved in protests the Constitution applies to non-citizens as well.

She has the right to protest provided she has committed no crime.

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ranger_danger ◴[30 Mar 25 14:00 UTC] No.43524273[source]▶
I believe the terms of student visas could technically prohibit protesting for things unrelated to your field of study, if a judge decided to interpret it that way.
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1. AlecSchueler ◴[31 Mar 25 17:59 UTC] No.43537818[source]▶
Surely constitutional rights take priority?
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2. ranger_danger ◴[31 Mar 25 18:19 UTC] No.43538010[source]▶
Except violating the conditions of your visa would be a crime, no matter how free your speech is. And the First Amendment is about criticizing the US Government, not Israel.
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3. AlecSchueler ◴[31 Mar 25 19:41 UTC] No.43538984[source]▶
The first amendment is about freedom of speech, not about criticising either the US or Israeli government. I don't believe that one can agree to waiver their constitutional rights so I'm not sure those visa conditions would be legal.
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4. ranger_danger ◴[31 Mar 25 19:55 UTC] No.43539143{3}[source]▶
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/

> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition *the Government* for a redress of grievances.

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5. AlecSchueler ◴[31 Mar 25 20:01 UTC] No.43539223{4}[source]▶
> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging *the freedom of speech, or of the press;* or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.