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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jake Offenhartz and Adam Geller

Takeaways from AP's interview with the only protester still locked up after Trump’s campus crackdown

Campus Protests-Denied Release - (Copyright The Associated Press 2024)

Nearly seven months after the Trump administration cracked down on pro-Palestinian activists, the only one still jailed is breaking her silence, recounting how the suffering of family members in Gaza drove her to protest.

Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, has been held in a U.S. immigration detention center since March. The experience has left her feeling powerless to assist family members caught in the war or to speak out on their behalf, she said.

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