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Leqaa Kordia, a pro-Palestinian activist, released after a year in ICE custody https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/leqaa-kordia-released-ice-custody #UsNews #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #WestBank #Gaza #Palestine #ColumbiaUniversity #UsCampusProtests #Texas
Leqaa Kordia, a pro-Palestinian activist, released after a year in ICE custody

Kordia was taken at a check-in at an ICE office in New Jersey and was held despite court ruling thrice for her release

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US news | The GuardianFeb 13
Calls mount for release of Palestinian protester held by ICE for nearly a year https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/13/leqaa-kordia-ice-detention-palestine-protest #UsNews #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsImmigration #Palestine #ProtestUs #UsCampusProtests
Calls mount for release of Palestinian protester held by ICE for nearly a year

Leqaa Kordia was taken into custody last March, nearly a year after being arrested at a protest at Columbia

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US news | The GuardianFeb 12
Mahmoud Khalil is still fighting for others as he fights his own deportation: ‘It’s about raising the alarm’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/mahmoud-khalil-deportation-fight #MahmoudKhalil #UsJusticeSystem #TrumpAdministration #UsCampusProtests #Palestine #IsraelgazaWar #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsImmigration
Mahmoud Khalil is still fighting for others as he fights his own deportation: ‘It’s about raising the alarm’

The case of the Palestinian activist, the face of 2024’s US campus protests, could have repercussions for thousands

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US news | The GuardianFeb 10
Judge rejects Trump administration effort to deport pro-Palestinian Tufts student https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-deport #TrumpAdministration #UsImmigration #UsNews #UsCampusProtests #UsPolitics #Gaza
Judge rejects Trump administration effort to deport pro-Palestinian Tufts student

Rümeysa Öztürkwas arrested as part of the government’s targeting of students protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza

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World news | The GuardianJan 15
US appeals court reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/appeals-court-mahmoud-khalil-columbia-activist #MahmoudKhalil #UsNews #UsCampusProtests #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #TrumpAdministration #ColumbiaUniversity
US appeals court reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention

Ruling delivers victory to Trump administration in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist

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US news | The GuardianJan 15
US appeals court reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/appeals-court-mahmoud-khalil-columbia-activist #MahmoudKhalil #UsNews #UsCampusProtests #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #TrumpAdministration #ColumbiaUniversity
US appeals court reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention

Ruling delivers victory to Trump administration in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist

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US news | The GuardianJan 14
Pro-Israel group Betar to end New York operations after inquiry finds ‘violent conduct’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/betar-new-york-investigation-israel #NewYork #LetitiaJames #Israel #UsNews #Palestine #UsCampusProtests #FarRightUs
Pro-Israel group Betar to end New York operations after inquiry finds ‘violent conduct’

State attorney general found far-right group harassed ‘Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish New Yorkers’

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World news | The GuardianJan 14
Pro-Israel group Betar to end New York operations after inquiry finds ‘violent conduct’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/betar-new-york-investigation-israel #NewYork #LetitiaJames #Israel #UsNews #Palestine #UsCampusProtests #FarRightUs
Pro-Israel group Betar to end New York operations after inquiry finds ‘violent conduct’

State attorney general found far-right group harassed ‘Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish New Yorkers’

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US news | The GuardianOct 10
This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/knight-institute-columbia-university #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #ColumbiaUniversity #UScampusprotests #USimmigration #MahmoudKhalil #Palestine #Protest #USnews #Gaza
This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

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US news | The GuardianOct 3
All the US campus protesters have been released – except for her: ‘Most days I feel helpless’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/leqaa-kordia-campus-protesters-gaza #Trumpadministration #UScampusprotests #Israel-Gazawar #USimmigration #USpolitics #USnews
All the US campus protesters have been released – except for her: ‘Most days I feel helpless’

Leqaa Kordia has been held since March for overstaying a visa, after participating in multiple pro-Palestinian protests

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