Gary Green
Role at the time: Student Press Law Center executive director
Condemned
Statement summary
Green welcomes the ruling and rejects using immigration law to silence student journalism.
“the government cannot weaponize immigration law to punish and silence speech it doesn’t like, including that of student journalists, their sources or their contributors”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Stanford Daily wins suit against targeting of international student speechStatements attributed to Gary Green and Mike Hiestand
SPLC responds to the August 28 ruling on protected expression and immigration enforcement. The court granted declaratory relief and declined a permanent injunction.
Why we used this label
Green rejects the federal use of immigration law to punish speech, the conduct examined in this case.