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As the legal challenges to the executive order begin to make their way through the courts, the debate continues to rage in the halls of Congress and on the quads of universities nationwide. The fundamental question remains: Can a society truly claim to value free speech if it uses the threat of exile to police the political expressions of its guests? The resolution of this issue will have profound consequences not only for the thousands of international students currently in the United States but for the very identity of America as a free and open society. In the search for a balance between security and liberty, the signing of this order suggests a decisive, and many believe dangerous, tilt toward the former.
