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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus and John Bowden

Trump warns that ICE arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia University will be ‘first of many’

The Trump administration has vowed to continue an immigration crackdown against campus activists who it deems are antisemitic, following the controversial arrest of Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil on Sunday.

“This is the first arrest of many to come,” President Donald Trump warned in a post on Truth Social, accusing Khalil of being a “Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student.”

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