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A U.S. federal court allowed a lawsuit filed by three labor unions against the Departments of State and Homeland Security to proceed. The unions accuse a program monitoring the accounts of visa and green-card holders of targeting dissenting views and suppressing constitutionally protected expression. The court found that fear of adverse immigration consequences could deter noncitizens from exercising their rights to free expression and association.