Columbia Student Self-Deports Amid ICE Crackdown
- Ranjani Srinivasan, a foreign student at Columbia University, had her F-1 student visa revoked on March 5 due to her involvement in pro-Hamas protests, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
- Srinivasan used Trump's self-deportation app to leave the U.S. On March 11 after her visa was revoked and was seen departing in video footage released by Noem.
- DHS announced the arrest of Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian who overstayed her visa and was involved in pro-Hamas protests at Columbia.
- Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate and protest leader, was arrested by ICE and faces deportation after his visa status was questioned.
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Columbia University student says his detention is indicative of anti-Palestinian racism in U.S.
A Columbia University student arrested and threatened with deportation for his role in campus protests against Israel gave his first public statement Tuesday, saying that his detention is indicative of “anti-Palestinian racism” demonstrated by both the Trump and Biden administrations.
Columbia University student says his detention shows anti-Palestinian racism in U.S.
In a letter dictated from a Louisiana immigration lockup and released by his attorney on Tuesday, the student, Mahmoud Khalil, said he is being "targeted" as part of a larger effort to repress Palestinians.

Columbia University student says his detention is indicative of anti-Palestinian racism in US
A Columbia University student arrested and threatened with deportation for his role in campus protests against Israel gave his first public statement, saying that his detention is indicative of “anti-Palestinian racism” demonstrated by both the Trump and Biden administrations. In…
New Mexico campus activists defiant after arrest, detention of Columbia student • Source New Mexico
“Students are well-aware of what they need to do to protect themselves and will not be backing down in fear of President Trump,” said Rakin Faruk, alumni advisor for UNM Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of New Mexico, after "Freedom for Palestine Day" at the New Mexico Legislature on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM)In the wake of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s arrest of a Columbia student activi…
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