Mahmoud Khalil, a detained leader of the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University, faces revocation of his green card despite being a lawful permanent resident. His wife, eight months pregnant, is left in uncertainty. Khalil's detainment aligns with a recent decision by the Trump administration to pull $400 million in federal funding from Columbia, alleging the university's insufficient response to antisemitism. Critics argue these actions aim to suppress dissent rather than genuinely address antisemitism concerns, spotlighting tensions over immigration policy intertwined with political activism.
Immigration agents with the Department of Homeland Security have detained a leader of the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University in New York. Mahmoud Khalil, who is an Algerian citizen of Palestinian descent, is a green card holder and is married to a U.S. citizen; his wife is eight months pregnant.
The arrest comes as Donald Trump's Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism announced last week that it would cancel $400 million in federal grants and contracts to the university, despite Columbia's suppression of pro-Palestine activism.
The [Trump] administration doesn't seem to know exactly how to justify this very haphazard, unilateral move,
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