Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Immigration officials have arrested a second participant in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and have revoked the visa of another student, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday. Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was arrested for overstaying her student visa, DHS said.

Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was arrested by immigration officers for overstaying her student visa, the Department of Homeland Security said. Kordia’s visa was terminated in January 2022 for “lack of attendance,” the department said. Kordia was previously arrested for her involvement in protests at Columbia in April 2024, it added. The lawyers described in detail what happened to the Palestinian activist as he was flown to Louisiana by agents he said never identified themselves. Once there, he was left to sleep in a bunker with no...

A second Columbia protester who took part in anti-Israel demonstrations on campus was nabbed by Homeland Security agents Thursday, sources said. Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian who hails from the West Bank, was first arrested in April 2024 for taking part in one of the protests on Columbia’s campus while overstaying her twice-cancelled student visa. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem emphasized that it’s “a privilege to be granted a visa to live and study in the United States of America,” in a statement shared with The Post Friday. “When...