Report the News, Risk Deportation? Stanford Students Take On Trump

Can writing an article put you at risk of deportation? The Stanford Daily editor George Porteous joins Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang to explain how deportation fears are silencing student journalists—and why his newspaper took the Trump administration to court. After a major district-court victory, the administration is appealing. At stake: freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of noncitizens. Plus: Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation fight, harassment of Rep. Ilhan Omar, the revolving door in the Trump administration, the golf-course controversy involving Judge Reyes, and the battle over Russian sanctions. Timestamps: 00:11 – Intro 01:43 – How Noncitizens’ First Amendment Rights are Under Attack 06:28 – The Push to Denaturalize Representative Omar 17:38 – Trump’s New Friend in Putin 21:48 – Musk’s Impact on the Midterms 23:30 – The DC Golf Course Controversy 30:35 – One Student Paper Fought Back Against Trump (with George Porteous) Here is a link to The School Board Project: act.link/gi-schools  Read George Porteous' essay here: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/stanford-speech-student-press-ozturk-the-stanford-daily/