Trump publicly denounced Khalil and said more arrests would follow. Khalil has been moved to a federal jail for migrants in Louisiana to await deportation proceedings, according to his lawyers and a U.S. detainee database.
Police and hundreds of protesters briefly clashed in lower Manhattan and at least one person was detained, according to a Reuters witness.
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Jesse Furman put a hold on his deportation “unless and until the Court orders otherwise.”
Trump said on social media that Khalil’s “is the first arrest of many to come.”
The Education Department on Monday sent letters to 60 U.S. universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Yale and four University of California schools, warning them of cuts in federal funding unless they addressed allegations of antisemitism on campus.
The federal agents have been trying to detain at least one other international student, according to the Student Workers of Columbia labor union. Spokespeople for DHS and ICE declined to answer questions about the union’s account, which Reuters was unable to independently verify.
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His wife showed the agents Khalil’s green card and they also threatened to arrest her if she did not leave her lobby, Greer said.
Hours before his arrest, Khalil told Reuters he was concerned that the government was targeting him.
Jewish faculty at Columbia held a rally and press conference in support of Khalil outside a university building on Monday, holding signs saying “Jews say no to deportations.”
While the Trump administration has cited concerns over antisemitism, the president and his allies have themselves been accused of enabling antisemitism.
Trump, who denies allegations of being antisemitic, also faced criticism in 2022 for dining with white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
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