AP Explains: Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil arrested by ICE, faces deportation

(10 Mar 2025)
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ARCHIVE: New York – 22 April 2024
1. Wide pan of tents at the Columbia University campus

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New York – 10 March 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press:
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"A well-known Palestinian activist at Columbia University was arrested by ICE agents on Saturday. Mahmoud Khalil is the first person facing deportation under President Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists, who the administration has likened to terror sympathizers.

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New York – 26 April 2024
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mahmoud Khalil, lead negotiator, Columbia University student:
"Our main demand, which is divestment from from the Israeli occupation, there’s an impasse in that."

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New York – 10 March 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press:
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Khalil, a lawful permanent resident with a green card, had not been charged with any crime when he was taken into custody by ICE agents at his university-owned home near Columbia. Agents initially claimed to be acting on a State Department order to revoke his student visa. When informed by Khalil’s attorney he was a permanent resident with a green card, they said they would revoke that documentation instead. The ICE agents also threatened to arrest his wife, an American citizen who is eight months pregnant, according Khalil’s attorney."

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ARCHIVE: New York – 22 April 2024
5. Various of students and faculty gathering to protest free from arrest at the Columbia University campus
6. Close of tents are erected at the Pro-Palestine protest encampment, with a sign says "Gaza Solidarity encampment’
7. Medium of Khalil during an interview at tent encampment

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New York – 10 March 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press:
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"Khalil and other student leaders have rejected claims of antisemitism, saying they are part of a broader anti-war movement that also counts Jewish students and groups among its members. He is currently being held in a Louisiana detention center with no clear timeline for a hearing. Khalil was one of the most visible activists in last year’s protests, serving as a negotiator for students who erected a tent encampment on campus. Pro-Israel activists in recent weeks have called on the Trump administration to begin deportations against him and other protesters, who they say fueled a climate of antisemitism on campus."

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ARCHIVE: New York – 22 April 2024
9. Tight of tent encampment and signs
10. Wide of tent encampment with library in background and empty graduation stands

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ARCHIVE: New York – 24 April 2024
11. Various of tent encampment

STORYLINE:
A well-known Palestinian activist at Columbia University was arrested by ICE agents on Saturday.

Mahmoud Khalil is the first person facing deportation under President Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists, who the administration describes as terror sympathizers.

Khalil, a lawful permanent resident with a green card, had not been charged with any crime when he was taken into custody by agents at his university-owned home near Columbia.

Khalil and other student leaders have rejected claims of anti-semitism, saying they are part of a broader anti-war movement that also counts Jewish students and groups among its members.

He is currently held in a Louisiana detention center with no clear timeline for a hearing.

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