A US immigration enforcement agent said Khalil’s permanent residency was also being revoked, according to the protest leader’s lawyer
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Israel-Palestine conflict
Mahmoud Khalil, student leader of Columbia protests, arrested
A US immigration enforcement agent said Khalil’s permanent residency was also being revoked, according to the protest leader’s lawyer.
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media
Khalil, an Algerian citizen of Palestinian origin, has been one of the lead negotiators with school administrators on behalf of the pro-Palestinian student protesters News
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Israel-Palestine conflict
Mahmoud Khalil, student leader of Columbia protests, arrested
A US immigration enforcement agent said Khalil’s permanent residency was also being revoked, according to the protest leader’s lawyer.
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media
Khalil, an Algerian citizen of Palestinian origin, has been one of the lead negotiators with school administrators on behalf of the pro-Palestinian student protesters [File: Jeenah Moon/Reuters]
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) have arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last year’s pro-Palestinian protests at New York’s Columbia University, the student workers’ union said on Sunday.
The student, Mahmoud Khalil at the university’s School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested at his university residence on Saturday, the Student Workers of Columbia union said in a statement.
Khalil’s wife is a US citizen and he has a permanent residency green card, the union said. He remained in detention on Sunday. Khalil’s wife declined to comment through one of Khalil’s fellow students.
Khalil’s lawyer, Amy Greer, told the Associated Press news agency that 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 lawyer that Khalil was in the country as a permanent resident with a green card, the agent said they were revoking that too, according to the lawyer.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) have arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last year’s pro-Palestinian protests at New York’s Columbia University, the student workers’ union said on Sunday.
The student, Mahmoud Khalil at the university’s School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested at his university residence on Saturday, the Student Workers of Columbia union said in a statement.
