Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Visa Policy

A group of technology researchers, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, has filed a lawsuit against the Donald Trump administration. They allege that the administration has implemented an unconstitutional policy targeting foreign nationals who research disinformation and hate speech on social media, leading to visa denials and deportations. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Washington, argues that this policy unlawfully restricts the work of non-citizen researchers in the United States and violates the U.S. Constitution's First and Fifth Amendment protections, as well as the Administrative Procedure Act. The United States===United States Department of State, under Secretary Marco Rubio, has previously imposed visa bans on several Europeans, including Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford, who are involved in anti-disinformation efforts, following actions by European Union regulators against X Corp. under the Digital Services Act.