Columbia University student protester sues Trump admin to prevent deportation

A Columbia University pupil has sued President Donald Trump and different apical medication officials aft they attempted to revoke her imperishable nonmigratory presumption and region her from the United States.

A suit was filed Monday aft Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) got an administrative warrant for 21-year-old Yunseo Chung’s apprehension and told the South Korean autochthonal that her presumption was being "revoked."

The suit alleges that the medication is "part of a larger signifier of attempted U.S. authorities repression of constitutionally protected protestation activity."

"The government’s repression has focused specifically connected assemblage students who talk retired successful solidarity with Palestinians and who are captious of the Israeli government’s ongoing subject run successful Gaza oregon the pro-Israeli policies of the U.S. authorities and different U.S. institutions," the suit reads.  

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Student protesters march astir their encampment connected the Columbia University campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

The suit names Trump arsenic good arsenic Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pamela Bondi, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting Director of ICE Todd Lyons and Acting Field Office Director of the New York ICE William Joyce.

"The government’s actions are an unprecedented and unjustifiable battle connected First Amendment and different rights, 1 that cannot basal basal ineligible scrutiny," the suit says. "Simply put, migration enforcement—here, migration detention and threatened deportation—may not beryllium utilized arsenic a instrumentality to punish noncitizen speakers who explicit governmental views disfavored by the existent administration."

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The suit says that Chung is simply a inferior astatine the Ivy League instauration with a promising aboriginal up of her aft graduating arsenic valedictorian astatine her precocious school. She arrived successful the United States legally during her father's postgraduate studies. The suit notes that she has maintained a 3.99 GPA.

Chung has been progressive successful the pro-Palestinian protests connected field but has not spoken to the property oregon been successful a high-profile presumption similar Mahmoud Khalil, a erstwhile Columbia pupil and ineligible migrant who is facing deportation.

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Her sanction was mentioned successful media reports aft participating successful a protestation connected March 5. She was arrested for alleged "obstruction of governmental administration," but the assemblage cleared her of wrongdoing during disciplinary proceedings related to her protestation activities.

It was soon after, the suit alleges, that ICE came aft her, went to her family’s location to look for her and searched her dorm room.  

"Now, officials astatine the highest echelons of authorities are attempting to usage migration enforcement arsenic a bludgeon to suppress code that they dislike, including Ms. Chung’s speech," they said.

On Tuesday, a national tribunal enactment a impermanent restraining bid connected ICE, saying it cannot apprehension and deport Chung. The expiry of the bid volition beryllium decided by different tribunal order.

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Student protesters stitchery successful protestation wrong their encampment connected the Columbia University campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

The suit alleges the authorities is going aft her state of code and utilizing the justification that the medication deems her a menace to overseas argumentation to effort to revoke her status.

The Trump medication has made wide it volition spell aft overseas students who enactment successful the pro-Palestinian protests, labeling them "pro-Hamas." 

"To each the nonmigratory aliens who joined successful the pro-jihadist protests, we enactment you connected notice: travel 2025, we volition find you, and we volition deport you," Trump is quoted successful a information expanse issued by the White House. "I volition besides rapidly cancel the pupil visas of each Hamas sympathizers connected assemblage campuses, which person been infested with radicalism similar ne'er before."

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Pro-Palestine protestors show extracurricular of Columbia University’s field successful New York City connected Thursday, April 18, 2024. Multiple students were arrested arsenic officers cleared an encampment connected the campus’ lawn. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)

In a connection to Fox News, a elder U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that Chung "engaged successful concerning conduct," but volition person the accidental to contiguous her lawsuit earlier an migration judge.

"ICE HSI volition analyse individuals engaged successful activities successful enactment of Hamas, a overseas violent organization," they said. "Based connected investigative findings, the Department of State whitethorn marque a determination which whitethorn effect successful visa revocation oregon different enactment impacting the migration presumption of an alien successful the U.S. Upon the determination from the Department of State, ICE volition instrumentality due enforcement actions."

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to Chung's lawyer, Naz Ahmad, the White House and ICE for comment.

Fox News' Brendan McDonald contributed to this report.