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

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed suit in federal court Monday against the University of Michigan, challenging the university’s “trespass ban” that barred from campus at least five individuals who participated in pro-Palestine protests.

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,

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

Students Allied for Freedom and Equality said they are unfairly targeted by the university and would not stop demonstrating due to the suspension.

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