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Mike Hiestand

Mike Hiestand is a First Amendment and media lawyer and senior legal counsel at the Student Press Law Center. He advises student journalists and educators and has helped write Law of the Student Press.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Mike Hiestand on Education, Free Speech, and Immigration Policy, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Mike Hiestand

Mike Hiestand

Role at the time: Student Press Law Center senior legal counsel

Condemned

Statement summary

Hiestand says student journalists should not face fear of deportation for publishing or expressing an opinion.

“Student journalists should not have to weigh the risk of a federal deportation order every time they publish an article or voice an opinion”
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
Why we used this label

Hiestand rejects a threat of deportation attached to student journalism and opinions, the conduct examined in this case.

Read statementRubio appeals Stanford Daily's protected-speech ruling; FIRE defends it

A participant is a subject of the case. A speaker has a statement documented in it. A commentator has an opinion or editorial documented in it.