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TAKE ACTION: Free speech doesn’t take sides. Neither does FIRE. From pro-ICE speech under review at University of Illinois, to anti-ICE speech investigated at Penn State, students’ political expression is under threat. If it’s protected, we’ll defend it. Now, we need your help.

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