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ICE arrests another individual who participated in anti-Israel Columbia protests

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a second person who participated in the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.


ICE arrests another individual who participated in anti-Israel Columbia protests
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested a second student who participated in anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, after a third student opted to deport themselves from the U.S.

Leqaa Kordia, who is from the West Bank, had a student visa canceled in 2022 "for lack of attendance" and was detained by the agency for the outdated visa. DHS said Kordia was previously arrested in April for an alleged role in the protests, but the New York Police Department told Fox News Digital it does not have an arrest record under their name.

"Columbia has no record of this individual being registered as a current or former student at the University," the university said in a statement. 

"It is a privilege to be granted a visa to live and study in the United States of America," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement. 

"When you advocate for violence and terrorism, that privilege should be revoked, and you should not be in this country. I am glad to see one of the Columbia University terrorist sympathizers use the CBP Home app to self-deport." 

"To be clear: The First Amendment does not allow the government to retaliate against anyone for their speech. Ripping someone from their home, stripping them of their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint is a clear attempt by President Trump to silence dissent," the ACLU's website states. "And that's patently unconstitutional. Political speech - however controversial some may find it - may never be the basis for punishment, including deportation."

"Following my previously signed Executive Orders, ICE proudly apprehended and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student on the campus of Columbia University," Trump stated in the post.

Indian citizen Ranjani Srinivasan used the new "CBP Home" app to return to the country March 11 after the federal government took away her student visa March 5, according to a new release from DHS. 

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