Arrest of Palestinian activist stirs questions about protections for students and green card holders
Immigration agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped organize protests at Columbia University over the war in Gaza, at his apartment in March 2025, citing a State Department order to revoke his green card. The arrest raised questions about protections for foreign students and green card holders, and the ACLU called it an attack on free speech.

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