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Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $ 220 million US to the federal government to restore federal research money that was cancelled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus, the university announced Wednesday. CBC | World News
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Freed Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil seizes new public platform amid efforts to deport him
Donald Trump’s fight with elite American universities was only a few days old when immigration agents arrested Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University apartment last March. Khalil believes the U.S. government is trying to silence him, but has instead given him a bigger platform. CBC | World News
Read More »Columbia University student can’t be detained by immigration officials for now, judge rules
A Korean American Columbia University student, who is a legal permanent U.S. resident and has participated in pro-Palestinian protests, cannot be detained by federal immigration officials for now as she fights the Trump administration over attempts to deport her, a judge ruled on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Columbia University student sues Trump administration over threatened deportation
A Korean American Columbia University student, who is a legal permanent U.S. resident and has participated in pro-Palestinian protests, sued the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to prevent her deportation, a court filing showed. CBC | World News
Read More »Columbia University makes policy changes while under threat from Trump administration
Under threat from the Trump administration, Columbia University agreed to implement a host of policy changes Friday, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department. CBC | World News
Read More »Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil calls himself a ‘political prisoner’ after U.S. immigration arrest
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Palestinian graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his role in pro-Palestinian protests, called himself a political prisoner on Tuesday, in his first direct comments since his detention. CBC | World News
Read More »Wife of detained Palestinian Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was safe from arrest
The wife of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and Palestinian activist, said she didn’t think she and her husband, a legal U.S. permanent resident, would have to worry about immigration agents coming to their door. CBC | World News
Read More »Columbia University punishes student protesters who occupied campus building
Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied a campus building last spring during pro-Palestinian protests. CBC | World News
Read More »Arrest of Columbia student protester sends chill across campus, say faculty
The arrest and threatened deportation of a student activist at Columbia University is a threat to free speech on campus and across the U.S., says professor Michael Thaddeus. CBC | World News
Read More »Mahmoud Khalil, activist in Columbia student protests, detained by immigration agents
Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian activist Saturday who played a prominent role in Columbia University’s protests against Israel, a significant escalation in the Trump administration’s pledge to detain and deport student activists. CBC | World News
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