"No one should fear a midnight knock on the door for voicing the wrong opinion,” lawyers for the student newspaper wrote in their complaint.

Stanford University’s student-run newspaper sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over its decision to use part of a federal immigration law to target and deport pro-Palestinian activists, arguing the government’s effort has impermissibly chilled students’ First Amendment rights.

Stanford University’s independent student newspaper and two noncitizen students filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, alleging that federal immigration policies are being used to suppress protected political speech under the Trump administration.