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Mahmoud Khalil, student leader of Columbia protests, arrested

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.

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