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The central government representative arrested the Palestinian students participating in Protest at Columbia University Past spring and receiving a student visa exceeding the scheduled staff on Friday.
Students specified by the Department of Martolic Security is LeQaa Kordia. Palestinians from West Bank have been arrested for participation in protests. Her visa was canceled in January 2022 due to the lack of participation.
She was arrested by immigration officers from Nawar Kok New Jersey, the field of field track of herself on Tuesday, a doctorate of Columbia from India, Ranjani Srinivasan, which DHS accused Hamas. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revoked her visa last week.
“It is a special privilege that receives a visa to live and study in the United States,” said the DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in the statement, “When you support violence and terrorism that should revoke the privileges and you should not be in this country.”
The latest arrest occurred when Colombia students said that they were afraid that they and their friends could be unfairly targets in the midst of tight climates in the university for many hours after the central government agent. Proceed according to the search certificate In two university residences
TODD BLANCHE, Deputy Attorney of the United States, said on Friday that the Ministry of Justice is working with DHS, which is part of the investigation. “Hidden and concealing an illegal aliens in the university”
While the school officials told the students that there was no arrest and no programs seized when the DHS agent entered the two student room on Thursday night.
Ivy League’s campus in UPPER Manhattan saw a new protest in the past few days after Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil SaturdayGraduate students of Columbia and permanent residents under the law, which participate in negotiations during the school protest last year.
Many students approached. NBC News refused to comment. But some people who agreed to say that they were not named because they were afraid of the government’s response.
“This is what I was worried about many months ago,” said engineering students from the United Kingdom. Pro-Palestinian DemonstRAStions in the past spring More than the war in Gaza Students say that he is worried about university invasions and other interventions by the central government.
“It is like you do not know the scope of the people they try to set goals because thousands of students are involved in this matter in some parts. It will be in the camera,” the students added, “Nothing happened to me. But it’s stressful. “
Columbia’s American students are also gathered around their international pairs, after the central government representatives searched for the residence of two students.
Another student, who is an American, said that she is “shocked” when she reads the email from Katria Arm, Colombia’s temporary president, informing the student that DHS has served the university with an arrest warrant for the Central Government Judge.
“It’s quite scary. The school is doing everything in their power to make the best students safe. But I think there are restrictions on what they can do, “said Junior students. “Last night was the evidence of that limit.”
Sebastian Javadpoor, 22, said he “Beat with anger” according to the latest search rights
JavadPoor, the leader of a democratic club led by the university students, said that he and other students leaders about dozen met with the school staff to convey their fear.
“We have students who are afraid about the possibility of retaliation about the possibility of reporting ice for them. They are afraid to call public safety if anything happens to them,” he said.
Immigration agents and customs arrested Calil as part of the effort to revoke the green card and sent his lawyer. His lawyer said Calil, 30 years old, Algeria, and Pro-Palestinian activists married to the US citizen and was arrested at the university’s residence building.
“Foreign Minister has considered that your appearance or activity in the United States will have a severe unpleasant foreign policy for the United States.” The Ministry of Security is stated in the documents received from NBC News.
Currently, he is held at Louisiana in which government officials want him to stay. His lawyer confirmed that he should return to New York and the actions of the management of the first amendment.
The movement of Calil’s campus for many days after Trump’s management announced that it would cancel about 400 million dollars to give the central government to the university. “Due to the continuation of the school in the face of the Jewish students continuously.”
The management said that the school must change the sweeping policy, including the ban on the mask. “Intend to conceal identity or intimidate others” and allow “full law enforcement agencies, including the arrest and eliminate the agile,” Colombia said to work with management to ensure that the capital continues and is “Determined to fight with Jews and build confidence in safety and well -being of our students, faculty and staff.”
DHS spokesman said Calil’s arrest coordinated with Ice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “To support the orders of President Trump’s executives forbid against the Jews” because Calil “brings activities that are in line with Hamas, the terrorist organization assigned.”
His arrest is just the latest action that will make the university after the previous academic year when the protesters Hamilton Hall possessedLeading to the arrest of dozens of invasions While almost all related In the end, the cost was reduced.,, The school on Thursday said It has suspended or expelled some students who participated and revoked some of the diploma of graduates.
On Friday, dozens of police surrounded the main entrance of the university. The university gate that once opened for all New York people was closed, while the students sparkled the sign to enter the class, the police officers in the past, news and groups of the university safety.
Some students participated in the Friday afternoon stroll to respond to Calil’s arrest and student sanctions.
The university leader wants to join the faculty-and there may be some students-with the focus that Columbia is able to protect the independence of the school best to face pressures like never before from Trump’s management.
Some professors feel that Trump’s demand is managed that Colombia changes the university’s operational methods too far and involved in the university’s main privileges. They hope to use this time to spark the discussion about what the university means.
“How can we prevent the university from being divided?” The system administrator asked to not be named because they were not allowed to speak about the public among the group and the university staff. “People focus on what we have to do to protect the university.”
Graduate student from India said that she wanted to participate in the protests led by students about moving out of universities in the university in the last few days. But afraid to do so, her student visa is in danger
“Your free words are reduced as a student. You should have that right, but you don’t do it,” said the 29 -year -old child. “You know what happened, you want to say it. But as an international student, you are in a difficult position, right? “
