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‘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 · Mar 18, 2025

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

Salon · Mar 18, 2025

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 · Mar 18, 2025

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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 · Mar 18, 2025

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 · Mar 17, 2025

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.

Newslaundry · Mar 17, 2025

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 · Mar 16, 2025

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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 · Mar 15, 2025

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 · Mar 15, 2025

How the right hijacked Jewish resistance

Mahmoud Khalil and the Purim story

Salon · Mar 15, 2025

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 · Mar 15, 2025

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 · Mar 14, 2025

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.

Latin Times · Mar 14, 2025

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.

Al Jazeera · Mar 14, 2025

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The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025

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 · Mar 14, 2025

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 · Mar 14, 2025

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.

The Guardian - US · Mar 14, 2025

Homeland security agents search two Columbia University students’ rooms

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

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The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025

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 · Mar 14, 2025

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 · Mar 14, 2025

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 · Mar 14, 2025

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 · Mar 14, 2025

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 · Mar 14, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia and House Republicans over student records as university announces expulsions over protests

Federal lawsuit alleges university’s collusion with GOP’s campaign to crush First Amendment-protected dissent over Gaza protests

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