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Detained Columbia University student calls arrest ‘anti-Palestinian racism’

Khalil was arrested on 8 March for his role in campus protests against Israel and was later transferred from New York to Louisiana, a move his lawyers argue was politically motivated.

Euronews

‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs

Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana detention for first time

The Guardian - US

It won't end with Mahmoud Khalil

"Secret police abducting people in the middle of the night is never a good sign for any minority," one student said

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Detained Columbia University student disputes government's 'bedbugs' claim in court papers

A detained Columbia University student says the subject of bedbugs never arose after he was arrested and flown to a Louisiana detention center by authorities who now say bedbugs helped force the long journey that made him fear he was being immediately deported

The Independent UK

Trump Treatment Of Columbia Puts US Universities On Edge

Hit by massive funding cuts and a crackdown on student protesters, Columbia University is under fire from US President Donald Trump, putting the world of higher education on tenterhooks.

International Business Times

Socialist Candidate for NYC Mayor Flooded with Donations After Viral Confrontation with Trump Border Czar

A Democratic Socialist candidate in the New York City Mayoral race has reported meeting impressive fundraising goals throughout his campaign, with donors flooding in after a video of him confronting President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, went viral.

Latin Times

Forced to flee US, Indian student says wrongly accused of ‘Hamas support’

Ranjani Srinivasan, the Chennai-based doctoral candidate at Columbia University who left the United States after their student visa was suddenly revoked, is still bewildered that her peripheral involvement in pro-Palestine protests has led to her being disenrolled from the university.

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How antisemitism avoided the fate of antiracism

The promotion of Israel’s national narrative remains exempt from Trump’s wholesale attack on DEI

The Guardian - US

The US assault on free speech is not going to end with Mahmoud Khalil

The significance of the Trump administration’s arrest and threat to deport the Palestinian activist cannot be overstated

The Guardian - US

A graduate’s arrest and Trump’s ‘pincer attack’ on higher education

The administration is cutting funds and threatening what it sees as liberal bastions, such as Columbia University, where it detained Mahmoud Khalil for his pro-Palestinian activism

The Guardian - US

How the right hijacked Jewish resistance

Mahmoud Khalil and the Purim story

Salon

After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent

International students and foreign faculty have watched the crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University with apprehension

The Independent UK

Federal agents are seen arresting Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil in a newly released video

A newly released video shows the moment federal immigration agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist whose detention has sparked waves of protest across the country

The Independent UK

Columbia Protester 'Self-Deported' Days After Her Student Visa Was Revoked for 'Advocating for Terrorism'

A Columbia student who was involved in protests advocating for Palestine on campus reportedly used the latest version of the US Customs and Border Protection app to "self-deport" after her student visa was revoked.

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US arrests second student over Columbia University pro-Palestinian activism

The Trump administration has compared student protests at the New York school to support for ‘terrorist’ activities.

The Independent UK

The Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University hid students sought by US

A top U.S. Justice Department official says the department is investigating whether Columbia University concealed “illegal aliens” on its campus

Salon

Lawyers: Khalil arrest was "retaliatory"

Khalil's attorneys allege that he heard an agent during his arrest say, "the White House is requesting an update"

Euronews

Trump administration threatens to cut Columbia University's federal funding

The US government says the Ivy League institution must cede control of one of its academic departments if it wants federal funding in the future.

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The Guardian - US

Homeland security agents search two Columbia University students’ rooms

College president says she is ‘heartbroken’ by latest escalation in Trump attack on US campuses

The Independent UK

White House asked for update after ‘retaliatory’ arrest of Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil, his lawyers say

Attorneys argue Trump administration violated Khalil’s First Amendment rights by retaliating against constitutionally protected speech

The Guardian - US

Pro-Israel group says it has ‘deportation list’ and has sent ‘thousands’ of names to Trump officials

Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protests

Al Jazeera

Columbia expels, suspends students after government threats: What we know

Move comes after Columbia was targeted in federal funding cuts last week.

The Independent UK

Trump administration demands Columbia make sweeping changes – or have funding cut

Columbia has been told to relinquish control of its international studies department and ban masks

The Guardian - US

Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers say

Lawyers demand in updated lawsuit that Columbia University graduate be released from custody

Al Jazeera

Columbia University punishes pro-Palestine students who occupied building

An unknown number of student protesters were suspended from campus, expelled or had their degrees revoked.

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