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An update on immigrants who were detained in Trump's crackdown on campus activism
An update on immigrants who were detained in Trump’s crackdown on campus activism
The Associated Press
March 17, 2026, 5:25 PM
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NEW YORK (AP) — Just over a year ago, the Trump administration began an immigration enforcement campaign that swept up multiple people who had taken part in pro-Palestinian activism on U.S. college campuses. ... The last of those people, Leqaa Kordia, was released Monday after the government stopped fighting a judge’s repeated orders that she be freed on bond.
Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman and daughter of a U.S. citizen, had been in detention since her arrest March 13, 2025, in New Jersey during an immigration check-in. Federal officials cited Kordia’s role in what they deemed to be “pro-Hamas protests.” Though not well known as an activist, she had been arrested at a 2024 demonstration outside Columbia University in New York. The charges were later dismissed.
Kordia’s immigration case isn’t over. Federal officials accuse her of overstaying her student visa after leaving an educational program; she has said she believed she was allowed to stay under a different immigration mechanism she was pursuing.
Here’s where things stand with some others who were detained or on the verge of it. Some other students and scholars were deported or left the U.S. after learning their visas had been revoked.
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The Associated Press
March 17, 2026, 5:25 PM
(1/5)
NEW YORK (AP) — Just over a year ago, the Trump administration began an immigration enforcement campaign that swept up multiple people who had taken part in pro-Palestinian activism on U.S. college campuses. ... The last of those people, Leqaa Kordia, was released Monday after the government stopped fighting a judge’s repeated orders that she be freed on bond.
Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman and daughter of a U.S. citizen, had been in detention since her arrest March 13, 2025, in New Jersey during an immigration check-in. Federal officials cited Kordia’s role in what they deemed to be “pro-Hamas protests.” Though not well known as an activist, she had been arrested at a 2024 demonstration outside Columbia University in New York. The charges were later dismissed.
Kordia’s immigration case isn’t over. Federal officials accuse her of overstaying her student visa after leaving an educational program; she has said she believed she was allowed to stay under a different immigration mechanism she was pursuing.
Here’s where things stand with some others who were detained or on the verge of it. Some other students and scholars were deported or left the U.S. after learning their visas had been revoked.
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