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U.S. immigration agents have arrested another Palestinian student who participated in Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University. Leqaa Kordia, who is from the occupied West Bank, had been on a lapsed student visa. Separately, an Indian national left the U.S. after her enrollment and student visa were unlawfully revoked. Ranjani Srinivasan was expected to graduate this year with a doctoral degree from Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Her lawyer said she was arrested the night students took over what’s now known as Hind’s Hall, though she did...

The Columbia graduate faces deportation for his role in campus protests. Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University in New York on June 1, 2024. Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University in New York on June 1, 2024. Jeenah Moon/Reuters Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing to block Columbia University from providing a congressional committee with records of disciplinary actions stemming from last year’s campus protests. In a complaint filed on...

NEW YORK — A former Columbia University graduate student detained by federal immigration agents for pro-Palestinian advocacy is asking a Manhattan judge to release him from a Louisiana detention center. Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil, 30, on Wednesday planned to petition for his return from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana where he’s currently being held while fighting deportation. His attorneys dispute the validity of his detention and U.S. District Court Judge Jesse M. Furman has ordered Khalil not to be removed from the country for the time...