
Chip Gibbons
Chip Gibbons is the policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent, an organization focused on civil liberties and government accountability. He is an advocate for press freedom and has raised concerns regarding government actions that threaten the rights of political commentators, particularly in the context of border inspections and First Amendment protections.
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Chip Gibbons is the policy director at the advocacy group Defending Rights and Dissent.
‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison | Protest (US)The Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-06-24
Chip Gibbons, the policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent, said in a statement that they are deeply disturbed that CBP is stopping political commentators at the border to interrogate them about first Amendment-protected activities.
Leftwing pundit Hasan Piker says US border agents quizzed him on Trump and Gaza | US immigrationThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2025-05-12














