The activist who helped lead the protests has been arrested
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Greer said she spoke by phone with one of the ICE agents during the arrest, who said they were acting on State Department orders to revoke Khalil’s student visa. Informed by the attorney that Khalil was in the United States as a permanent resident with a green card, the agent said they were revoking that instead, according to the lawyer.
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Investigating a Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests: ICE arrests Palestinian activist Khalil who was arrested on Sunday night in Elizabeth, New Jersey
The Columbia University ApartheidDivest group was the focus of the university’s allegations against Khalil. He faced sanctions for potentially helping to organize an “unauthorized marching event” in which participants glorified Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack and playing a “substantial role” in the circulation of social media posts criticizing Zionism, among other acts of alleged discrimination.
As ICE agents arrived at Khalil’s Manhattan residence Saturday night, they also threatened to arrest Khalil’s wife, an American citizen who is eight months pregnant, Greer said.
Khalil’s attorney said they were initially informed that he was being held at an immigration detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey. When his wife tried to visit Sunday, she found out he was not there. She said she didn’t know where Khalil was on Sunday.
“We have not been able to get any more details about why he is being detained,” Greer told the AP. “This is a clear escalation. The administration has made its threats.
A Columbia University spokeswoman said that law enforcement agents have to produce a warrant before they can enter university property. The person declined to comment on the matter.
Source: ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
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The secretary of state said in a message that the administration would be revoking visas and green cards for Hamas supporters in the US so they could be deported.
The Department of Homeland security can begin deportation proceedings against green card holders for certain criminal activities, including supporting a terror group. Immigration experts said the detention of a lawful permanent resident who was not charged with a crime marked an extraordinary move, and it was unclear as to the legal foundation behind it.
“This has the appearance of a retaliatory action against someone who expressed an opinion the Trump administration didn’t like,” said Camille Mackler, founder of Immigrant ARC, a coalition of legal service providers in New York.
Khalil, who received his master’s degree from Columbia’s school of international affairs last semester, served as a negotiator for students as they bargained with university officials over an end to the tent encampment erected on campus last spring.
The role made him one of the most visible activists in support of the movement, prompting calls from pro-Israel activists in recent weeks for the Trump administration to begin deportation proceedings against him.
The records obtained by the AP show that Columbia University’s office has brought charges against dozens of students for their pro-Palestinian activism.
The investigations come as the Trump administration has followed through on its threat to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to Columbia because of what the government describes as the Ivy League school’s failure to squelch antisemitism on campus.
He said they want to show Congress and right-wing politicians that they are doing something, even if it’s not beneficial for students. It’s an office to chill pro-Palestine speech.