The Trump administration is mounting a high-level attempt to arrest and deport a Columbia University student from South Korea with a green card for what her attorneys describe as minor involvement in campus pro-Palestine protests — the latest in the White House’s rapidly escalating deportation campaign targeting non-citizen students for alleged antisemitism.
A lawsuit, filed Monday in New York federal court, calls the operation against Yunseo Chung, 21, an example of “shocking overreach” and an “unprecedented and unjustifiable assault” on free speech rights. The suit seeks to pause any attempts to arrest or deport Chung until the legal action plays out. She is not currently in immigration custody, The New York Times reports.
