Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University in New York City, on June 1, 2024. REUTERS
Agents from US President Donald Trump's administration arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last year's pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University, four fellow students said Sunday.
The student, Mahmoud Khalil at the university's School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested by US Department of Homeland Security agents at his university residence on Saturday. Khalil has been one of the negotiators with school administrators on behalf of the pro-Palestinian student protesters, who set up a tent encampment on a Columbia lawn last year.