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Executive Order

#14161 –— Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats

Highlights

Expands ideological checks & removals visa holders

Key Compliance/Risk Cue

For corporations with a significant number of employees holding visas from countries identified as high-risk, the executive order presents several challenges:

Litigation Snapshot

Taal v. Trump. Northern District of New York (3:25 cv 00335) (claims EO 14161 (and EO 14188) for allegedly chilling First Amendment–protected speech by threatening visa revocations and deportation for expressing “hostile attitudes” toward U.S. or Israeli policies . Plaintiffs include noncitizen and citizen activists on college campuses; case ongoing, though one petitioner self-deported; AAUP v. Rubio (1:25 cv 10685) (claims EO 14161 empowers "ideological deportation" for political expression—violating First and Fifth Amendment rights, as well as due process. Lawsuit filed mid-March; seeking declaratory and injunctive relief; Chung v. Trump & Similar Student Actions (Court: S.D.N.Y. (1:25 cv 02412 + multiple related cases) claim student plaintiffs like Yunseo Chung and others detained or facing deportation solely for expressing anti-war or pro-Palestinian views—suffered First Amendment violations and lack of due process. Complaints filed March 18 & 24, seeking nationwide injunctions (unlikely to be granted due to Trump v. CASA);

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