The student protester took the unknown where

The threats of Trump's administration that they will detain and deport student activists who participated in last year's mass protests at universities began to come true. On Saturday night, migration and customs agents (ICE) detained a Palestinian activist Mahmuda germinatingwho played an important role a year ago in anti -Israeli protests at this University of their University.

Mahmud Kalil was a postgraduate student in the university until last December, and on Saturday night he was together with his wife, who is in the eighth month of pregnancy, in the apartment of the University of Manhattan. Suddenly, agents appeared on the door and took him away. His lawyer Amy Greer During the incident, she learned that agents were acting as directed by the State Department in order to cancel the student visa. When she explained that her client had a green map and thus the right to a permanent residence, the agent replied that they would take it away.

The arrest was also confirmed by the spokeswoman for the National Security Office for the media Tricia McLaughlin And explanation that they support the executive orders of President Trump, who prohibit anti -Semitism. She publicly said that arrest is directly related to Kalil's role in protests in which his activities were « related to Hamas, which is a terrorist organization. » At first, they also wanted to arrest his wife, who is an American citizen.

A long time ago, Trump threatened to deal with students who demonstrated against the war in Gaza, and Kalil's arrest is the first such attempt to find out the public. Last spring, US universities captured mass anti -war protests. Several protesters were arrested at Yale, about a hundred on Columbia, there they also interrupted lectures and conducted online. At the university campus, however, young people set up a tent, which was called the Solidarity Camp with Gaza, and demanded from the management of the university to break contact with Israel. In some places there were incidents that had both anti -Semitic and Islamophobic character.

Where he is currently germinating is unknown. At first it was said that he had been transported to the Migrants Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, but his wife was looking for in vain there. He mastered his master's degree in international relations in the previous semester, and fell into the authorities when he negotiated with representatives of the university on behalf of students about demolishing the protest camp. A few weeks ago, the Naraelian activists began calling for authorities to expel it from the country.

Meanwhile, the State Secretary Marco Rubio On Network X, the government announced that the government would abolish visas and green cards to supporters, thereby enabling their deportation. The Homeland Security Office can initiate a deportation process against the green card holder for several reasons, including criminal acts and cooperation with terrorist groups. What is happening with Khalil, however, is an unusual move, warns experts in migration law. Without accusing him of a criminal act, they detained a person who has permanent residence.