In a stark escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign against Palestine activism, on Saturday night, ICE agents raided the home of Mahmoud Khalil and detained the activist who had been among the leaders of Gaza protests at Columbia University.

By Michael Arria  March 9, 2025  

On Saturday the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the Gaza protests on Columbia University’s campus, at his apartment in New York City.

Khalil, who is Palestinian, is a permanent U.S. resident, but according to his attorney, Amy Greer, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents executed a State Department order to revoke his student visa and green card.

Khalil was a recent graduate of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs and had been a lead negotiator for student activists during the Gaza solidarity encampment in the spring of 2024.

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