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Adrian Florido

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Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Well, Khalil A. was one of the Palestinian students who last year negotiated on behalf. of the campus protesters who were pressing Colombia to divest from Israel over the Gaza war. He was outspoken, very involved. He recently graduated.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Well, Khalil A. was one of the Palestinian students who last year negotiated on behalf. of the campus protesters who were pressing Colombia to divest from Israel over the Gaza war. He was outspoken, very involved. He recently graduated.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

I spoke with his lawyer and she told me that on Saturday night, Khalil and his wife were arriving at their university apartment and that ICE agents were in the lobby. They told Khalil his student visa had been cancelled. But Khalil is not on a visa. He is a legal permanent resident. When his wife went to get his green card out of the apartment, agents said that it had been revoked. Revoked.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

I spoke with his lawyer and she told me that on Saturday night, Khalil and his wife were arriving at their university apartment and that ICE agents were in the lobby. They told Khalil his student visa had been cancelled. But Khalil is not on a visa. He is a legal permanent resident. When his wife went to get his green card out of the apartment, agents said that it had been revoked. Revoked.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

I spoke with his lawyer and she told me that on Saturday night, Khalil and his wife were arriving at their university apartment and that ICE agents were in the lobby. They told Khalil his student visa had been cancelled. But Khalil is not on a visa. He is a legal permanent resident. When his wife went to get his green card out of the apartment, agents said that it had been revoked. Revoked.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Did they give a reason? Well, his lawyer, Amy Greer, says she spoke with one of the agents on the phone during the arrest, and he didn't give her a reason.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Did they give a reason? Well, his lawyer, Amy Greer, says she spoke with one of the agents on the phone during the arrest, and he didn't give her a reason.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Did they give a reason? Well, his lawyer, Amy Greer, says she spoke with one of the agents on the phone during the arrest, and he didn't give her a reason.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Greer said that she was shocked the government had declared his green card revoked without due process.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Greer said that she was shocked the government had declared his green card revoked without due process.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Greer said that she was shocked the government had declared his green card revoked without due process.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Instead, agents drove Khalil to a detention center, she said, while his pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen, stayed behind. Okay, now what are you learning about what's behind all this, possibly? Well, I got a statement last night from DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. She said Khalil had been arrested in support of a recent executive order that President Trump signed on anti-Semitism.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Instead, agents drove Khalil to a detention center, she said, while his pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen, stayed behind. Okay, now what are you learning about what's behind all this, possibly? Well, I got a statement last night from DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. She said Khalil had been arrested in support of a recent executive order that President Trump signed on anti-Semitism.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Instead, agents drove Khalil to a detention center, she said, while his pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen, stayed behind. Okay, now what are you learning about what's behind all this, possibly? Well, I got a statement last night from DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. She said Khalil had been arrested in support of a recent executive order that President Trump signed on anti-Semitism.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

She said Khalil had, quote, led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. Separately, in a post on X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked to a news story about Khalil's arrest. and wrote that the administration would be revoking the visas or green cards of Hamas supporters so they can be deported.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

She said Khalil had, quote, led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. Separately, in a post on X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked to a news story about Khalil's arrest. and wrote that the administration would be revoking the visas or green cards of Hamas supporters so they can be deported.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

She said Khalil had, quote, led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. Separately, in a post on X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked to a news story about Khalil's arrest. and wrote that the administration would be revoking the visas or green cards of Hamas supporters so they can be deported.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Can you give us just maybe a little more context about the government's motives here? Well, conservative lawmakers have really tried to label pro-Palestinian protesters as pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist, or anti-Semitic. In late January, President Trump signed an executive order that he said would be used to go after students who participated in, in his words, the pro-jihadist protests.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Can you give us just maybe a little more context about the government's motives here? Well, conservative lawmakers have really tried to label pro-Palestinian protesters as pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist, or anti-Semitic. In late January, President Trump signed an executive order that he said would be used to go after students who participated in, in his words, the pro-jihadist protests.

Up First from NPR
Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Can you give us just maybe a little more context about the government's motives here? Well, conservative lawmakers have really tried to label pro-Palestinian protesters as pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist, or anti-Semitic. In late January, President Trump signed an executive order that he said would be used to go after students who participated in, in his words, the pro-jihadist protests.