The Chronicle News Blog: ACLU Appeals Ruling That Upheld Visa Denial to Tariq Ramadan
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an appeal of a 2007 federal-court ruling that the U.S. government acted legally when it denied a visa to Tariq Ramadan, a prominent European Muslim scholar.
The ACLU continues to argue that the visa denial was political. “In Professor Ramadan’s case and many others, the government is using immigration laws to exclude its critics and censor and control the ideas that Americans can hear,” said Jameel Jaffer, the head of the ACLU’s National Security Projects, in a written statement.
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