“Silencing dissent”: Trump administration arrests pro-Palestine activist at Columbia University

The organizers diversify a gathering on Monday against the president Donald Trump And its administration arrest During the weekend of a pro-Palestine protester at Columbia University-one of the permanent residents of being targeted Deportation.

Monday afternoon, the demonstrators Appointment to the gathering At Federal Plaza in New York City to support Mahmoud Khalil, the student who was arrested and who worked as a negotiator between the university and others protesting the Israel war in Gaza. The protest is organized by groups, including its closure to Palestine, the Peoples and Writers Forum against the War in Gaza.

Khalil’s detention, and the administration promised to deport him to protest, sparked a sharp response between some Democrats, such as MP Ayana Presley, de Mass, who described Trump a dictator as his suppression of speech and protest.

“The president who is holding the protester and prolongs his legal status can only be called one thing: a dictator,” Prisoners He said In a post on Bluezki. “The silence of the opposition is illegal, not fair, and authoritarian through and lessons.”

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, in response to a news report on detention, I promised To cancel “visas and/or green cards for Hamas supporters in America so that they can be deported.”

Khalil was initially detained at the New Jersey facility but was transferred to Louisiana since then.

In a statement on Sunday, ICE claimed that she had detained Khalil “in support of President Trump’s executive orders that prohibit anti -Semitism, and in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrested the attacking of American migration and customs Mahmoud Khalil, a former high school student at Columbia University. Khalil led activities to Hamas, a dedicated terrorist organization.”

Ice did not explain how Khalil’s activities were “aligned to Hamas”. The arrest of Khalil represents an unusual development because he was not accused of a crime.