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Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s assessment that Khalil’s continued presence in the United States would have “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences,” court documents reveal.
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, will remain in a Louisiana detention center following a Wednesday hearing at a New York U.S. District Court for his petition challenging his Sunday arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at his home in New York City.
Mayor Eric Adams addressed the arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Tuesday press conference.
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, has been moved to a detention facility in Louisiana following his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday, according to the ICE database.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, on Sunday “in support of President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism,” Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin wrote in a Sunday statement to Spectator.
Updated March 10 at 10:58 a.m.
The Columbia chapters of the Law and Political Economy Society and National Lawyers Guild held a panel discussing Columbia’s “social responsibility” to West Harlem and the larger New York City community on Feb. 27.
Broadway Democrats, the official Democratic club of Morningside Heights and Manhattanville, released endorsements for several local and citywide elections on Feb. 21 following a vote by club members on Feb. 20.
Eight of the protesters arrested for allegedly attempting to occupy a building during the April 2024 “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” at City College had their verdicts delayed again during their fourth court appearance on Feb. 14. The protesters are being tried for burglary in the third degree—a class D felony with a prison sentence of up to seven years.
District 30 State Sen. Cordell Cleare and District 71 Assembly member Al Taylor reintroduced a bill to revoke New York state’s authorization of Columbia’s Manhattanville expansion to the New York State Senate and Assembly in January.