Five University of Michigan students have filed a lawsuit against their school after being banned from campus due to their participation in pro-Palestine protests.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the University of Michigan on behalf of five individuals who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

The organization and five protesters sued the Ann Arbor university over its trespass ban keeping the protesters off premises.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week aimed at canceling the student visas of foreign students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses last year. Michigan was home to dozens of such protests,

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that promised to revoke the visas of international students who participated in pro-Palestine protests. The move – which Trump said seeks to “combat antisemitism” – is one of the president’s most recent executive orders signed since entering office.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the University of Michigan after trespass bans were issued to individuals who participated in pro-Palestine protests.

Civil rights groups and legal scholars said the new measure would violate constitutional free speech rights and would likely draw legal challenges.

The encampments made Jewish students ‘fearful’ and they may have encouraged students to engage in antisemitic behaviour, a report says.

A pro-Palestinian group at the University of Michigan has been suspended for two years and will lose its funding in connection with protesters’ demands for divestiture from companies doing business with Israel.