INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Trump administration has announced the arrest of a second pro-Palestine student activist at the US prestigious university Columbia
Homeland Security accused Leqaa Kordia, an occupied West Bank Palestinian student at Columbia University, of overstaying her F-1 student
visa, which was revoked in January 2022 due to "lack of attendance", The New Arab reported.The statement also revealed that agents from
for "advocating for violence and terrorism".According to the Department of Homeland Security, Srinivasan chose to "self-deport".The
Associated Press reported that Department of Homeland Security agents also searched the on-campus residences of two Columbia University
Rubio, who stated that the US would likely revoke more student visas in the coming days
far-right pro-Israel group, confirmed that the organization had provided "thousands of names" of students and faculty to the Trump
Palestinian student at Columbia University had already been taken into ICE custody for deportation, igniting nationwide protests and raising
concerns over the suppression of pro-Palestine sentiment and free speech
Columbia Journalism School," explained
becoming the public spokesperson for the protests that took place.Beyond Columbia, pro-Palestine campus protests spread nationwide and
published a letter on Thursday, calling for Columbia's Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS) to be placed