Berlin’s immigration authorities are moving to deport four young foreign residents on allegations related to participation in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, an unprecedented move that raises serious concerns over civil liberties in Germany.

The deportation orders, issued under German migration law, were made amid political pressure and over internal objections from the head of the state of Berlin’s immigration agency.

The internal strife arose because three of those targeted for deportation are citizens of European Union member states who normally enjoy freedom of movement between E.U. countries. None of the four has been convicted of any crimes.

“What we’re seeing here is straight out of the far right’s playbook,” said Alexander Gorski, a lawyer representing two of the protesters. “You can see it in the U.S. and Germany, too: Political dissent is silenced by targeting the migration status of protesters.”

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    The only event that tied the four cases together was the allegation that the protesters participated in the university occupation, which involved property damage, and alleged obstruction of an arrest

    I highlighted it already. Not sure why you are trying to quote other paragraphs out of context. Here it is again

    None of the protesters are accused of any particular acts of vandalism or the de-arrest at the university

    Under German migration law, authorities don’t need a criminal conviction to issue a deportation order

    Okay clearly you are not even interested whether the students were guilty. The essense of your argument condenses to

    “Yes but unlike in America, in Germany this is legal!”

    And I fail to see how it makes it any better that Germany is deporting people demonstrating against genocide, simply because you believe it is legal (which it probably is not according to international human rights laws, which Germany is supposed to follow).

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      I have inserted the sentence again because you apparently only read the last part and had overlooked the part about the building occupation and damage to property.

      Okay clearly you are not even interested whether the students were guilty.

      You may be surprised, but** I** don’t make the laws.

      And I fail to see how it makes it any better that Germany is deporting people demonstrating against genocide

      Then you should read the article again. Because almost 50% of the article consists of explaining what these 4 people are accused of and are - apparently - NOT simply protesting.

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        None of the protesters are accused of any particular acts of vandalism or the de-arrest at the university

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            Other people present at the same protest are accused of doing these things. Not these people. Scroll up to the article summary I posted

            None of the four has been convicted of any crimes.

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              Under German migration law, authorities don’t need a criminal conviction to issue a deportation order

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                Okay clearly you are not even interested whether the students were guilty. The essense of your argument condenses to

                “Yes but unlike in America, in Germany this is legal!”