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 student newspaper sued the Trump Administration on Wednesday, arguing it has violated the free-speech rights of foreign students by threatening to deport them for writing stories that it considers "anti-American or anti-Israel.

The Stanford Daily accused the administration of using immigration provisions to threaten deportation, leading to censorship and violating First Amendment rights.

The federal complaint, filed in San Jose by the Stanford Daily and two noncitizen students identified as “John Doe” and “Jane Doe,” challenges the use of two provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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

A new lawsuit challenges the legality of deporting foreign students over criticism of the Israeli government, arguing it violates free speech rights protected by the First Amendment.

The editor-in-chief says the newspaper "is losing the voices of a significant portion of our student population."

The Stanford Daily newspaper filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s deportation policy on Wednesday. Commentary writers for the independent student paper have “self-censored because of their rational concern about the ongoing danger of deportation for expression” that could be deemed “anti-American or anti-Israel,