2 h. ago Trump calls arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ‘first of many to come’

President says in post his administration ‘will not tolerate’ actions of protesters at Columbia and other US universitiesDonald Trump said on Monday that the arrest of a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protests last year, is the “first arrest of many to come”.“We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it,” the US president wrote in a post on Truth Social. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Leader of student protests at Columbia facing deportation after arrest by immigration officials

A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring’s protests at Columbia University is facing deportation following his arrest by federal immigration agents over the weekend

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7 h. ago Rubio and homeland security confirm arrest of Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice despite having a green card and his lawyers do not know where he’s being heldUS politics live – latest updatesA spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – have confirmed the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who helped lead protests at the school against Israel over the war in Gaza.Homeland security department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the arrest of Khalil – who holds permanent US residency – in a statement on Sunday to Associated Press, saying it was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says

Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s warA prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested on Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a state department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.Mahmoud Khalil was at his university-owned apartment, blocks from the private Ivy League university’s main campus in New York when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents entered the building and took him into custody, his attorney, Amy Greer, told the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says

A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents

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46 h. ago Homeland Security performing lie detector tests on staff over immigration raid ‘leaks’

Kristi Noem and Tom Homan blame low arrest numbers on ‘leakers’ who allegedly shared information about immigration actions

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8 d. ago ‘They worship death’: Trump ‘border czar’ reveals extremist views in interview

The ‘great replacement’ theory, human sacrifice and torture videos: Tom Homan’s talk with Tucker Carlson offered a grab bag of far-right talking pointsDon’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.Donald Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, and far-right media personality Tucker Carlson talked about a bizarre range of extremist and racist conspiracy theories in an interview just weeks before Homan took office and was trusted with implementing a wide-ranging crackdown on migrants.The conversation included Carlson’s claim that Mexican cartels come “from cultures that have practiced human sacrifice for thousands of years”, connected the racist “great replacement” theory to Biden’s immigration policy, and advocated the arrest of elected US leaders who opposed Donald Trump’s policies on migrants. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Students chant support for Palestinians at Barnard College protest in New York

Dozens of anti-war protesters gathered to demand the reinstatement of two students expelled for disrupting a class on IsraelDon’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.Several dozen anti-war student protesters gathered outside Columbia University and Barnard College in New York on Thursday to protest against the expulsion of two students who interrupted a class on Israel last month.Wearing keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestinians, students chanted a series of anti-war slogans amid a heavy New York police department (NYPD) presence outside the sister schools, where only students and faculty with ID cards are allowed in. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Thai cops arrest Brit for overstaying his tourist visa by a record 25 YEARS

Police in Thailand have arrested a British man for overstaying his tourist visa by a record 25 years.

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2 w. ago Trump purges immigration chief for failing to arrest enough illegal migrants in ruthless new crackdown

Caleb Vitello, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was reassigned.

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2 w. ago Who is Rekha Gupta, debutant legislator picked by BJP to lead Delhi?

Pick of former student leader and municipal councillor for capital’s top job surprises ≠pundits and partymen alike

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2 w. ago Grandmother who fled Zimbabwe and South Africa with her British husband faces deportation after investing all her money in a village butcher's shop

Cheryl Robins, 61, has become a pillar of the Abbotsbury's community since moving to Britain from South Africa in 2022 to live with her husband Mike, who is a UK citizen.

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2 w. ago ICE agents are arresting migrants showing up for their immigration hearings and readying them for deportation

Multiple immigration attorneys have reported witnessing clients being arrest in or around courthouses

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