Overview

• U.S. District Judge William Young found the administration adopted an unlawful policy that chilled campus speech by revoking visas and detaining pro‑Palestinian students and scholars.
• Young concluded by clear and convincing evidence that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio coordinated actions to target protected political expression.
• Remedies were not imposed in Tuesday’s ruling, with injunctions and other relief to be determined in subsequent proceedings.
• Separately, a Second Circuit panel of Judges Steven Menashi, William Nardini and Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston heard arguments on whether district courts had jurisdiction to grant habeas relief to Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi.
• Government lawyers contend Congress stripped district‑court review of such detention challenges, while defense counsel argue that blocking habeas would enable retaliatory detention that chills speech, as courts have already ordered releases in several cases and hundreds of visas have been revoked.