Overview
- Imran Ahmed filed a federal complaint seeking to stop what he calls an unconstitutional arrest and removal following State Department visa sanctions.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced bans on five Europeans, citing organized efforts from Europe to coerce American platforms to punish U.S. viewpoints.
- Ahmed’s filing says he is a lawful permanent resident living in the U.S. with his American spouse and child, and that his work at CCDH is protected by the First Amendment.
- The Global Disinformation Index’s Clare Melford was also named in the action, and GDI denounced the move as an authoritarian attack on free speech.
- The administration is using immigration law rather than commercial regulation to counter what it describes as extraterritorial censorship, a shift that follows failed litigation by Elon Musk against CCDH.