As ICE Jails Palestinian Protester, Universities Must Commit to Academic Freedom
Heba Gowayed and Jessica Halliday Hardie | 10 March 2025 | Truthout
This past week has been punctuated by a series of horrifying events. Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate of Columbia who was a mediator during last year’s encampments, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday and has now been transported to an “immigration holding facility” (ICE jail) in Jena, Louisiana.
In an unprecedented act, ICE claimed to “revoke” his green card, and for at least a day his lawyers and his wife, who is eight months pregnant, did not know his location.