The case has been brought by Cornell University student Momodou Taal and two co-plaintiffs. Taal is being targeted for deportation by the Trump administration in retaliation for filing the suit.

What’s happening:

-Co-plaintiff, Professor Wa Ngũgĩ: “We shouldn’t be punishing the people who are calling out what clearly is a genocide”

-Eric Lee: “If democracy is going to be defended, it is not going to come from the Democratic Party.”

-Taal’s lawyer, Eric Lee: This “is a test case to determine whether the government can… put you in jail for the things you say”

-“I’m afraid it’s just leading to a fascist state” Hearing begins today on Momodou Taal’s case against Trump

-Lawyers for Momodou Taal denounce Trump administration’s deportation effort as unconstitutional political retaliation-