Immigration officials arrest second person who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia

They got schooled: ‘Columbia cherry-picked students who were really, really, really into social justice activism’

Elite colleges have long combed their enormous pool of applicants for social justice warriors passionate about community activism. Now that admissions strategy has backfired at Columbia University as kids turn their ire on the university in the name of Palestine.

ICE Arrests Second Columbia Student over Palestinian Solidarity Protests

U.S. immigration agents have arrested another Palestinian student who participated in Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University. Leqaa Kordia, who is from the occupied West Bank, had been on a lapsed student visa. Separately, an Indian national left the U.S. after her enrollment and student visa were unlawfully revoked. Ranjani Srinivasan was expected to graduate this year with a doctoral degree from Columbia’s Graduate School of Architect…

DOJ probing Columbia University over sheltering of ‘illegal aliens’

(The Center Square) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University concealed “illegal aliens” on its campus as the Trump administration ramps up its campaign to deport foreign nationals

US immigration authorities arrest Palestinian Columbia student following protest fallout

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday arrested another Palestinian who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and announced the self-deportation to India of another student whose visa had been revoked in 2022. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was arrested by ICE agents after overstaying her expired F-1 student visa, which was terminat…

Feds arrest a second Columbia protester, set demands for school to regain funds cut over antisemitism

(JTA) — Immigration authorities have arrested a second Palestinian involved in protests at Columbia University, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Friday. A third person who was involved in pro-Palestinian protests at the school, a current graduate student, “self-deported” earlier this week after having her visa revoked, according to the department. The announcement comes as Columbia reels from both the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a …

Three cases about the limits of freedom of expression in the U.S. prove the random, or moldable, scale of measures in place on the level of ideas since Donald Trump’s return to power. The first is the arrest of a Columbia Palestinian student, activist and spokesperson for campus protests against the Gaza war, for, according to the White House, “aligned with Hamas terrorists.” The second, the macabre joke by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali …