Pro-Mahmoud Khalil demonstrators arrested after clash with NYPD as ‘pro-Hamas’ Columbia graduate faces deportation
By
Jack Morphet and
Published March 11, 2025, 5:16 p.m. ET
About a dozen protesters were cuffed as they clashed with NYPD officers during a demonstration in support of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Cops swarmed in to make arrests after throngs of protesters blocked a downtown Manhattan street, despite repeated warnings from police to clear the roadway.
Marco Rubio threatens to deport green card holders over pro-Palestine protests
Rubio’s comments come after ICE agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of Columbia University pro-Palestine protests last spring
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has threatened to deport green card holders involved in pro-Palestine protests, marking a stark escalation of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on student activists.
Rubio shared an Associated Press article about Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and lead negotiator for the Gaza solidarity encampment who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New York on Saturday evening. He was detained by cops despite holding a green card, making him a lawful U.S. resident.
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported,” Rubio tweeted alongside a link to the
Columbia revokes degrees, expels, suspends multiple anti-Israel protesters
CUAD announced a Friday walkout and protest at Columbia’s gates demanding the reinstatement of students.
By MICHAEL STARRMARCH 14, 2025 08:16Updated: MARCH 15, 2025 08:40
Multiple protesters involved in the April anti-Israel protest occupation of Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall were suspended, expelled, and had their degrees temporarily revoked in disciplinary action by the Columbia University Judicial Board, the university’s public affairs office announced on Thursday.
The UJB also recognized disciplinary action for other events last spring, likely in reference to the anti-Israel protest encampment that seized a Columbia lawn and erected tents and installations.
Twenty-two students were sanctioned, claimed protest organizers Columbia University Apartheid Divest, including six expulsions. In reference to Columbia affiliate Barnard College’s alleged February 28 expulsion of a Hamilton Hall protester and February 24 expulsion of two activists who disrupted a January 21 Columbia Israel history class, CUAD said that the two institutions had expelled a total of nine students “for protesting the genocide of the Palestinian people.”
“This is the most number of expulsions ever issued in university history,” CUAD said in an Instagram post. “The university’s extreme reaction is a sign that the administration has lost control of the narrative about student protest and can no longer credibly defend their genocidal record.”
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