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Palestinian Activist Leqaa Kordia Released After Year in U.S. Immigration Custody
Leqaa Kordia was released on $100,000 bond after nearly a year detained in Texas; her protest charges were dismissed and an immigration judge found strong evidence supporting her case.
- On Monday, Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman, was freed after about a year in U.S. immigration custody at Prairieland Detention Center, lawyers said.
- At Columbia University in 2024, Kordia was among roughly 100 people arrested during protests, later detained after a March 13, 2025 ICE check-in in New Jersey and flown to Prairieland Detention Center.
- At a Friday hearing, attorneys said her neurological condition worsened in custody, and she was recently hospitalized for three days after a seizure at Prairieland Detention Center.
- The government had appealed earlier bond rulings but did not challenge the third, enabling Kordia's release; dismissed and sealed protest charges followed, and cousin Hamzah Abushaban said the family is "overwhelmed with relief and gratitude" after this past year’s toll.
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A New Jersey activist who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in 2024 has finally walked out of a federal detention facility in Texas after languishing behind bars for more than a year despite never being charged with a crime.Leqaa Kordia, 33, was released Monday fr...
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