Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of the media in June 2024. The graduate student, who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University, has been arrested as part of President Donald Trump's promised crackdown on some anti-Israel activists. © Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- U.S. immigration agents arrested a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's promised crackdown on some anti-Israel activists.
Mahmoud Khalil, a student at the university's School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents at his university residence on Saturday evening, the Student Workers of Columbia labor union said in a statement.