Defending Immigrant Speech

From detaining student protesters to threatening to deport rival politicians, President Trump has weaponized the immigration system to suppress dissent. In this event, Professor Alina Das and advocate Ramya Krishnan discuss how these attacks chill speech across the board, examine the unique challenges of defending free speech in the immigration context and describe how lawyers can resist efforts to silence non-citizens and citizens alike.

Featuring:

Alina Das, James Weldon Johnson Professor and co-director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at New York University

Ramya Krishnan, senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute and a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School

Taonga Leslie, Director of Policy and Program for Racial Justice, American Constitution Society