Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia graduate and Palestinian who is in the country legally and holds a green card, was arrested ...

A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal ...

Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University's student encampment protests, has been arrested by ICE.

The White House complained that Columbia University is refusing to help federal agents find people being sought as part of ...

The DHS agents said the US Department of State revoked Khalil’s student visa, although he does not have a student visa, but ...

Columbia released a public statement on Sunday admitting that “there have been reports of ICE around campus.” “Columbia has and will continue to follow the law,” the statement said.

Messages seeking comment were left with the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. Khalil had become one of the most visible faces of the pro-Palestinian movement at Columbia.

Students marched from Washington Square Tuesday to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil​, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University. Some arrests were made at City Hall.

Greer said she spoke by phone with one of the ICE agents during the arrest, who said they were acting on State Department orders to revoke Khalil's student visa. Informed by the attorney that ...