The move comes days after the Trump administration announced it was pulling $400 million in funding from Columbia University.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a Columbia University activist who helped lead the Palestinian solidarity encampment on campus last year, multiple outlets reported. Authorities claimed to be responding to a State Department order when they arrested Mahmoud Khalil,

Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian national who graduated from Columbia University in December, has been one of the leaders and instigators of anti-Israel student riots and takeovers of buildings on campus.

Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who said they were acting on a State Department order to revoke his green card,

The Trump administration detained a pro-Palestine activist Saturday night in a chilling assault on free speech. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a leader in the Columbia University protest movement,

Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University's student encampment protests, has been arrested by ICE.

It’s illegal to deport people for political speech, but that’s exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student.