Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem touted the progress made during President Trump's first year back in office. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The new order codified what Young described last week as "remedial sanctions" that he said he planned to issue to protect "certain plaintiffs’ noncitizen members" from "any retribution for the free exercise of their constitutional rights."
The judge's order applies to pro-Palestinian noncitizen academic protesters and students on college campuses whom he previously ruled had been "illegally" and "intentionally" targeted by Trump officials.
Young ruled in September that noncitizens in the U.S. have the same free speech protections as citizens, and vowed to enshrine those protections in a court order.
The new order says all the plaintiffs in the case have the right to seek relief via the federal courts before any retaliatory removal.
The only caveats, he said, are that the individuals in question must show that they are a member of either the American Association of University Professors, or the Middle East Studies Association — the two academic groups that sued the Trump administration last year. They must also submit documentation proving that their U.S. immigration status had not expired, and showing that they had not been accused of any crimes since last September.
"Upon such proof, it shall be presumed that the alteration in immigration status is in retribution for the exercise during the course of the present case of their First Amendment rights," Young said.
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U.S. District Judge William Young poses for a picture at a courthouse in Boston (U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts/Handout via Reuters)
In response to Young's remarks, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told Fox News Digital that it's "bizarre that this judge is broadcasting his intent to engage in left-wing activism against the democratically elected President of the United States."
Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, fired back at the judge in a statement provided to Fox News Digital late last week.
"There is no room in the United States for the rest of the world’s terrorist sympathizers, and we are under no obligation to admit them or let them stay here," she said.
During last week's hearing, Young said he plans to make public a large amount of the materials used as evidence in the case, overruling the administration's request that they remain sealed.
Trump and his senior advisors have adopted a "fearful approach" to freedom of speech to "exclude from participation everyone who doesn’t agree with them," Young said.
His ruling is almost certain to be appealed to a higher court.
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It’s not the first time Young has raised eyebrows for his sharp criticisms of the president.
In June, Young ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally when it slashed funding for NIH research grants and ordered the funding to be restored.
He also used the order to describe the cuts as "appalling" evidence of what he described as "racial discrimination" and discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
The Supreme Court later ruled 5-4 to lift the injunction, and two justices chastised Young for the manner in which he issued the opinion.
Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and The Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com, or follow her on X at @breanne_dep.
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