U.S. Arrests 2nd Person Tied to Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia

Federal officials on Friday arrested the latest turning point in the crisis that included the IV League organization, which on Friday, US immigration agents arrested US immigration agents after promoting students’ visas.

The man, who was identified by the authorities, is Palestinian and is from the West Bank. He was arrested in Newark on Thursday, officials said. The Homeland Security Department said in a statement that in January 2022, his student visa was terminated in January 2022, and was arrested last April by New York City Police for his role in the campus demonstration.

The agency also released a video on Friday stating that a Colombian student was shown, identified as Ranjani Srinivasan, who prepared to enter Canada after canceling his student visa.

Homeland security secretary Christie Nom’s announcements reflected the Trump administration’s attention to Colombia, where protests against war in Gaza last year incited national debate against free speech and enmity, and also indicated similar protests on other campuses.

The steps came to the university during a turmoil week, which launched a series of conflicts following the arrest of Federal Immigration Agents of Colombia’s graduate and prominent figure Mahmoud Khalil, located in the Colombian supporter’s campus last weekend.

On Friday, more than 200 students gathered outside Colombia’s central campus Gates to handle the university on the arrest of Mr Khalil. Demonstrators wore coffee, hoisted Palestinian flags and shouted slogans like “free Mahmud”, “away from our campus” and “Columbia you can’t hide”.

Homeland security agents entered the campus with a federal warrant and after searching for two raids, the protest came after less than 24 hours. According to Katrina Armstrong, the interim president of the university, no one was detained and nothing was taken.

On Friday, Ms. Nim’s social media posts indicated that the Columbia Trump administration continued to be the subject of examining.

Ms Nim posted a video on social media platform X showing that a woman was shown passing through a small suit case passing through Lagardia Airport. Ms Nim identified the woman as Ms. Srinivasan and said that she had used the US Customs and Border Protection app to inform the government of the intention of excluding itself. According to her lawyer and roommate, the shed room of Ms. Srinivasan was discovered.

“It is an honor to be granted a visa to live and study in the United States,” Ms Nim said in a statement.

Nathan Yafi, a member of Ms. Srinivasan’s legal team, confirmed in a statement that the federal agent entered her room on Thursday in an attempt to detain her or find her whereabouts. Ms Kordia’s lawyer could not be immediately identified.

Last week, Colombia’s Morning Side Heights is full of crisis on campus. The Trump administration on Thursday demanded that the university make far -reaching changes in the discipline and admission policies of its students ahead of any negotiations on the cancellation of 400 million cancellation and cancellation of agreements in the government grant.

Federal officials wrote in a letter that the university had a week to formulate its enmity, banning the wearing of a mask of “hiding or threatening identity”, and banning the Middle East, South Asian and African studies under the “Education”.

Federal officials said these measures needed that they describe as a failure to save Jewish students from harassing Jewish students. Officials from three government agencies have written that Colombia “has failed to protect American students and teachers from violence and harassment.”

But supporters of urban Liberties argued on Friday that these demands would not only end free speech and educational independence in Colombia, but would also have a tremendous impact on universities across the country.

The Free Speech and Legal Defense Group Foundation’s central lawyer for the individual rights and expression, Tyler Cavard, called the letter “a blueprint for supercharge censorship in US colleges and universities.”

“Colleges all over the country are reading this letter this morning and thinking that they are better than a censorship speech – or they are next,” Mr Coord said in a statement.

A university spokesman said Thursday evening that Colombia is “reviewing the letter” by government agencies. “We are always determined to advance our mission, help our students, and to remove all kinds of discrimination and hatred on our campus,” he said. He did not immediately respond to the request to comment on Friday.

After the search search, Ms Armstrong said A note For students and staff members at the end of Thursday, they were “heartbroken” on development, and that Columbia is doing everything possible to ensure the safety of its students, teachers and staff.

In a separate operation on Thursday, Columbia announced several disciplinary operations against students who occupied the campus building in the spring last spring, including these measures in these steps, including expulsion and suspension.

The university said in a statement that these convictions include “multi -faceted suspension, cancellation of temporary degree and costs.” It was unclear how many students were punished.

According to the School Student Workers Union, a Jewish graduate student, Grant Minor, a Jewish graduate student, demanded the withdrawal of Israeli -affiliated companies, a Jewish graduate student.

“This is a very effort to break the union and to squash the movement against genocide in Palestine,” said Mr Minor, a doctorate student at the Department of English and Comparative Literature.

“We will not be scared on any front,” he said.

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