Elaine Loughlin: Trump's ICE attacks on free speech do not stop at US borders

Trump’s administration is using visa policy as a political weapon — and Irish students may be the next casualties
Elaine Loughlin: Trump's ICE attacks on free speech do not stop at US borders

In the Dáil, Labour leader Ivana Bacik highlighted the case of a Norwegian tourist detained and refused entry to the US because of a comical JD Vance meme on his phone. Picture: Oireachtas TV

Humiliation is just another minor consequence of Donald Trump’s latest chilling move against freedom of speech, which threatens the entire bedrock on which the US was founded.

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