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Judge rules Trump administration violated the First Amendment in fight against ICE-tracking
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ICE Sightings - Chicago Land Facebook Group and Eyes Up developer won a preliminary injunction against the government.
Key facts
- Judge Alonso cited a unanimous Supreme Court decision from a 2024 case that pitted the NRA against the former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, Maria Vullo
- ICE Sightings
- Chicago Land Facebook Group and Eyes Up developer won a preliminary injunction against the government
- Alonso, a federal district court judge for the Northern District of Illinois, said that the Trump Administration violated the First Amendment when it pressured Facebook and Apple to remove
- Judge Alonso granted the plaintiffs, Kassandra Rosado, who runs the ICE Sightings, Chicagoland Facebook group, and Kreisau Group, the developers of Eyes Up, a preliminary injunction
Summary
Alonso, a federal district court judge for the Northern District of Illinois, said that the Trump Administration violated the First Amendment when it pressured Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking groups and apps. Judge Alonso granted the plaintiffs, Kassandra Rosado, who runs the ICE Sightings, Chicagoland Facebook group, and Kreisau Group, the developers of Eyes Up, a preliminary injunction. Judge Alonso cited a unanimous Supreme Court decision from a 2024 case that pitted the NRA against the former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, Maria Vullo. They reached out to Facebook and Apple and demanded, rather than requested, that Facebook and Apple censor Plaintiff’s speech.