The US authorities confirmed on Sunday that they had detained the leader of student propalestinian protests at the University of New York, Columbia. TASR reports according to AFP.
Last year, there were protests against the war in the Gaza Stand in the United States, which broke out after the attack of the Palestinian militant Hamas movement to Israel from October 7, 2023.
One of the important faces of demonstrations at the University of Colombia has become a Palestinian activist Mahmoud. On Sunday X, the US Department of Internal Security has announced that it was detained in accordance with President Donald Trump’s decree prohibiting anti -Semitism, and in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Columbia Union students described the union students as “the Palestinian graduate of Colombia and the main negotiator from the spring of last year”, when students built tents at the University of Colombian University as a sign of belonging with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
According to the trade union’s statement, he had held, which is detained by immigration authorities, at the time of detention permanent residence in the US, which prompted thousands of people to sign petitions for his release. The staff of these authorities also allegedly tried to enter the buildings of the University University of Columbia, including university boarding schools, last weekend.
Trump promised to deport foreign propalestine students
Protests, some of which have turned into violent and in which universities and lectures were occupied, opposed students of protesters against each other against the action of Israel in the Gaza Strip and pro -Israeli activists, many of whom were Jews.
Trump promised that his administration would deport foreign propalestinian students. His boss of diplomacy Marco Rubio on X wrote that the government will cancel “supporters of the militant Hamas movement” visa and green cards allowing legal work to be deported.
The Ministry of Internal Security, without giving further details, claimed that he knew “led the activities associated with Hamas, which is described as a terrorist organization”.
The US President’s administration announced on Friday that it is reducing federal grants of $ 400 million dollars Colombian University. Four government agencies stated in a statement that the reason is the continued inactivity of the school against the persistent harassment of Jewish students.
