The Trump administration is seeking to deport a hate speech researcher previously sued by X

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from arresting or deporting Imran Ahmed, the company’s CEO Center for Countering Digital Hate (That’s it).

The New York Times reports Ahmed is one of five researchers and organizers Working to combat online abuse and misinformation This angered the US State Department, which announced this week that they were banned from entering the United States.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio Description of targeted individuals As “extremist activists and armed NGOs” who “led organized efforts to force US platforms to censor, discredit, and suppress US views they oppose.”

While Ahmed was born in the UK, he holds a US green card, resides in the US, and has an American wife and an American child.

Ahmed defended his work in Interview with PBS NewsHe described the government’s move as “yet another example of these companies (like Meta, OpenAI and Elon Musk’s X) trying to evade responsibility by using their deep pockets to try to influence things in politics.”

The lawsuit filed by X was against CCDH He was sacked last yearHowever, the appeal is pending.