Columbia grads shred diplomas over Mahmoud Khalil arrest: 'We are enraged'

Columbia University students and graduates gathered implicit the play to protestation the school's caller acquiescence to the Trump administration's demands to combat antisemitism astatine the school, and the apprehension of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian ringleader connected campus. 

During the protests, respective postgraduate students from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) shredded their ain diplomas. 

"SIPA and Columbia are moving against the unthinkable efforts their students are making to envision a satellite wherever Palestinians tin bask their afloat human, civilian and nationalist rights," 1 of the protesters said earlier tearing her diploma successful half. "SIPA is not proud, we are enraged. We volition proceed to rage astatine this instauration until Mahmoud Khalil is free."

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A Columbia University postgraduate tears up her grade during a protestation connected Saturday, March 29, 2025. (FNTV)

Another protester announced that she was "renouncing" her degree, earlier destroying her diploma.

Several different protesters spoke concisely earlier pursuing suit. 

A Columbia University postgraduate speaks earlier tearing up her grade during a protestation connected Saturday, March 29, 2025. (FNTV)

"Free, escaped Palestine," chants echoed during the protest. 

The rally took spot during Columbia's Alumni Day solemnisation connected Saturday.

"As the University has made clear, immoderate disruptions to our world mission, our classrooms oregon our acquisition spaces is unacceptable, and the University volition enforce its policies and rules arsenic necessary," a assemblage spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "The University is alert of Saturday's off-campus protestation and the objection took spot without incident."

Khalil was picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents successful aboriginal March arsenic portion of a caller effort by the Trump medication to revoke the greenish cards of Hamas sympathizers. 

People stitchery for a protestation successful enactment of Mahmoud Khalil successful beforehand of a national courthouse successful Newark, New Jersey, connected March 28, 2025. (Stephanie Keith for Fox News Digital)

The Department of Homeland Security said that Khalil "led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated violent organization."

According to his LinkedIn, Khalil studied astatine Lebanese American University successful Beirut earlier starting his master’s grade astatine Columbia successful nationalist medication successful January 2023.

Mahmoud Khalil tells his woman to telephone his lawyer, Amy, portion being arrested. (The Family of Mahmoud Khalil)

The Trump medication precocious pulled $400 cardinal successful funding, citing the school's nonaccomplishment to power pro-Palestinian unit connected campus. The schoolhouse besides agreed to a Trump medication request that pupil protesters beryllium barred from disguising their faces with masks and different coverings. 

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Katrina Armstrong, Columbia's interim president, abandoned her station Friday amid the unrest.

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"Dr. Armstrong accepted the relation of interim president astatine a clip of large uncertainty for the University and worked tirelessly to beforehand the interests of our community," David J. Greenwald, seat of the committee of trustees, said successful a quality merchandise precocious Friday. "Katrina has ever fixed her bosom and psyche to Columbia. We admit her work and look guardant to her continued contributions to the University."

Khalil is present warring deportation successful court. 

Fox News' Diana Stancy, Jasmine Baehr and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.