Mohsen Mahdawi Released
Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, illegally arrested and jailed by masked ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents on April 14 during a naturalization interview in Vermont to finalize his…
Mahmoud Khalil
Deporting Dissent: The Dangerous Precedent Set by the Persecution of Pro-Palestine Activists
"Rights are granted to those who align with power," Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, eloquently wrote from his cell. This poignant statement came soon after a judge ruled…
Second Palestinian Columbia University Student Detained by ICE During Citizenship Ceremony
Washington (Quds News Network)- A Palestinian student at Columbia University was detained by immigration agents on Monday while attending an interview for his U.S. citizenship application. Mohsen Mahdawi, a green…
Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From an ICE Detention Center
Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration for speaking out about the atrocities in Gaza, dictated a letter to the public from his…
The State Department Has Revoked the Visas of Over 600 Students at 100+ Schools
More than 100 colleges and universities across the country have reported cases of student visas being revoked by the U.S. State Department, with the department changing the legal status of…
Judge Rules Palestine Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported
A U.S. immigration judge in Louisiana on Friday ruled that Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident and former Columbia University graduate student arrested last month after protesting Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza, can…
Columbia University Capitulates to Outrageous and Unprecedented Fascist Demands
On March 13, the Trump fascists issued an outrageous and unprecedented list of demands that Columbia University must comply with in order to even negotiate with the government for federal…
Mahmoud Khalil denounces bipartisan genocide, attacks on democratic rights from Louisiana jail
On Tuesday, Mahmoud Khalil, a legal resident of the United States who has been kidnapped and imprisoned by the Trump administration for his role in anti-genocide protests at Columbia University,…
Mahmoud Khalil and the Deportation Nation
Thousands are protesting the detention and threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student and green card holder who began life as a Palestinian refugee in Syria and led demonstrations…
Trump Administration Arrests Second Student from Columbia University Over Anti-Genocide Campus Protests
New York (Quds News Network)- The Trump administration has arrested a second Palestinian student from Columbia University, escalating its crackdown on anti-genocide protests at U.S. campuses. On Friday, the Department…
‘This Felt Like a Kidnapping Because It Was’: Family of Mahmoud Khalil Releases Arrest Video
The family of Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the United States now at risk of deportation because he helped lead pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last spring, on…
Judge Extends Ban on Mahmoud Khalil Deportion from the US
New York (Quds News Network)- A judge in the United States has extended his order blocking authorities from deporting Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from the US after he was…
New Yorkers Protest Trump’s Arrest of Palestinian Student Activist
As chants of ‘No ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA!’ echoed through downtown Manhattan on 10 March 2025, I spoke to a person named Richard who had been marching just ahead of…
‘Free Mahmoud Khalil’: Progressives Demand Release of ‘Disappeared’ Columbia Grad
"If the feds can snatch up an American green card holder for speech they don't like and get away with it, they won't stop here. They'll be able to erase…
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