Ideological Exclusion
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The U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized that Americans鈥� right to receive ideas is a necessary predicate to our meaningful exercise of the rights of speech and political and press freedom.聽When the government seeks to use immigration laws against foreign speakers to control Americans鈥� access to ideas and speech, those laws can easily become tools of government censorship.
鈥淚deological exclusion鈥� is the name of a government policy that keeps Americans from meeting with foreign speakers whose opinions the government dislikes. It has long been discredited, but still occasionally persists. It was used as a political tool during the Cold War, when the U.S. State Department sought to deny visas to some of the world鈥檚 leading writers and artists who, the government thought, might be sympathetic to communism or other聽鈥渟ubversive鈥� viewpoints. The list of those excluded during the Cold War includes Nobel laureates such as Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez and Pablo Neruda.聽
Although Congress eventually rejected ideological exclusion, the government has occasionally still tried to censor speech by keeping disfavored foreign speakers out. Republican and Democratic administrations alike have denied visas to critics of their policies, often asserting that the foreign speaker is being excluded because he or she poses risks to our national security.聽
The 老澳门开奖结果 uses litigation and advocacy to ensure that the government does not censor speech and ideas by barring foreign speakers. Our work protects Americans鈥� rights to receive ideas and meet with people from around the world, even鈥攁nd especially鈥攚hen those people disagree with the U.S. government鈥檚 favored viewpoints.
The U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized that Americans鈥� right to receive ideas is a necessary predicate to our meaningful exercise of the rights of speech and political and press freedom.聽When the government seeks to use immigration laws against foreign speakers to control Americans鈥� access to ideas and speech, those laws can easily become tools of government censorship.
鈥淚deological exclusion鈥� is the name of a government policy that keeps Americans from meeting with foreign speakers whose opinions the government dislikes. It has long been discredited, but still occasionally persists. It was used as a political tool during the Cold War, when the U.S. State Department sought to deny visas to some of the world鈥檚 leading writers and artists who, the government thought, might be sympathetic to communism or other聽鈥渟ubversive鈥� viewpoints. The list of those excluded during the Cold War includes Nobel laureates such as Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez and Pablo Neruda.聽
Although Congress eventually rejected ideological exclusion, the government has occasionally still tried to censor speech by keeping disfavored foreign speakers out. Republican and Democratic administrations alike have denied visas to critics of their policies, often asserting that the foreign speaker is being excluded because he or she poses risks to our national security.聽
The 老澳门开奖结果 uses litigation and advocacy to ensure that the government does not censor speech and ideas by barring foreign speakers. Our work protects Americans鈥� rights to receive ideas and meet with people from around the world, even鈥攁nd especially鈥攚hen those people disagree with the U.S. government鈥檚 favored viewpoints.