A Palestinian activist who led the disruptive protests at both Columbia University and Barnard College has been arrested by ICE agents at his campus apartment, according to his lawyer.
The Columbia University grad taken into custody by federal immigration officials Saturday is a Palestinian former student and known campus agitator.
Pro-Palestinian protesters held a sit-in Wednesday to demand the school reverse the expulsion of three protesters.
Columbia associate professor Shai Davidai criticizes leadership at Columbia and Barnard as anti-Israel agitators once again wreak havoc on campus.
The women’s undergraduate college at Columbia University expelled two student activists. Now it has become mired in a messy debate about discipline.
Protests at Barnard and Columbia continue, with tensions over Palestine, NYPD presence, and nine arrests made.
The Trump administration canceled $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University, fulfilling one of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to remove funding from schools that fail to take action against antisemitism.
Four Columbia students have been suspended and banned from campus after taking part in a pro-Palestinian protest at a Barnard College library.
The green card of Mahmoud Khalil is revoked as the Trump administration follows through on promises to deport disruptive anti-Israel protesters
Mahmoud Khalil, who recently completed a graduate program at Columbia, has legal permanent residency, his lawyer said.
The Education Department is among several agencies cutting funds to the school for allegedly failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on campus.