New York: A judge ordered US authorities Tuesday to cease efforts to detain and deport a New York college student, as President Donald Trump presses his campaign against pupils linked to pro-Palestinian protests. Trump has targeted New York’s Columbia University, where the student is enrolled, as an epicenter of the US student protest movement sparked … Read more
Washington: The US government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief agency in his visa application, saying that should be grounds for deportation. The UN agency known as UNRWA provides food and healthcare to Palestinian refugees and has become a flashpoint … Read more
New York: Police arrested nearly 100 people after protesters gathered at Trump Tower in Manhattan on Thursday to demonstrate against the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University student, Mahmoud Khalil. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained Khalil over his involvement in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, CNN reported. The protest, organised by … Read more
The United States witnessed a disturbing surge in discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Arabs in 2024, with a record-breaking 8,658 complaints filed, marking a 7.4% increase from the previous year. This alarming trend is attributed to the escalating Islamophobia fuelled by Israel’s war in Gaza and related campus protests. According to the Council on … Read more
Federal immigration authorities on Saturday arrested a former Columbia University student, who was at the forefront of the pro-Palestinian protests on campus last year, citing a State Department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney. Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian refugee raised in Syria, who graduated from Columbia last December, was taken into … Read more