Supporters of detained Columbia student arrested after clash with NYPD as Trump admin seeks his deportation

About a twelve protesters demonstrating successful enactment of erstwhile Columbia University pupil Mahmoud Khalil were arrested connected Tuesday arsenic they clashed with New York City Police.

Immigration enforcement agents arrested Khalil, a imperishable U.S. resident, successful New York connected Saturday, and helium has been moved to an migration detention halfway successful Louisiana arsenic the Trump medication seeks to revoke his ineligible presumption and deport him for his engagement past twelvemonth successful anti-Israel protests connected campus.

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman has ordered that Khalil, whose American woman is 8 months pregnant, not beryllium deported portion the tribunal considers the ineligible situation brought by his lawyers, who reason the authorities is unlawfully retaliating against him for constitutionally protected speech. His lawyers privation him brought backmost to New York and released nether supervision.

On Tuesday, the NYPD made arrests aft respective protesters blocked a downtown thoroughfare successful Manhattan, adjacent aft warnings to wide the roadway, according to the New York Post.

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NYPD officers clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators arsenic they stitchery extracurricular Gracie Mansion to protestation New York City Mayor Eric Adams holding Iftar and request the merchandise of Palestinian activistic Mahmoud Khalil. New York City, U.S., March 11, 2025. (Getty Images)

One demonstrator was tackled to the crushed by a brace of officers during his arrest.

"Move cops, get retired the way, we cognize you’re Israeli-trained," immoderate protesters shouted arsenic constabulary blocked them from entering City Hall Park. "Oink, oink, piggy, piggy. We’re gonna marque your lives s--tty."

Police repeatedly warned protesters that if they remained connected the roadway, they would beryllium arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

The NYPD said precocious Tuesday that 1 idiosyncratic was charged with disorderly behaviour and obstructing governmental medication charges portion 11 others were issued summonses, the New York Post reported.

Police besides took a antheral into custody aft helium got into an statement with a protester, according to the outlet.

ICE AGENTS ARREST ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST WHO LED PROTESTS ON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR MONTHS

NYPD officers clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators arsenic they stitchery extracurricular Gracie Mansion to protestation New York City Mayor Eric Adams holding Iftar and request the merchandise of Palestinian activistic Mahmoud Khalil. New York City, U.S., March 11, 2025. (Getty Images)

Earlier, astir 350 protesters marched from Washington Square Park to Federal Plaza Immigration Court arsenic they chanted anti-Israel slogans and called for Khalil’s freedom, the outlet noted.

"There is lone 1 solution, intifada revolution," protesters chanted.

The radical was attempting to marque speeches successful beforehand of the national courthouse successful the mediate of the thoroughfare erstwhile they were told by the NYPD to proceed walking. When demonstrators attempted to participate City Hall Park, constabulary blocked them and forced them to crook around.

Protesters said Khalil was criminalized for expressing his state of speech. They besides said helium was a "political prisoner."

"The Trump medication and the complicit Columbia University judge if they abstracted america from this cardinal cornerstone of our community, our question volition statesman to crumble," the protesters shouted.

Officers besides clashed with demonstrators extracurricular Gracie Mansion to protestation New York City Mayor Eric Adams holding Iftar — a repast Muslims person astatine sundown to interruption the regular accelerated during Ramadan — arsenic they demanded Khalil's release.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators stitchery extracurricular Gracie Mansion to protestation New York City Mayor Eric Adams holding Iftar and request the merchandise of Palestinian activistic Mahmoud Khalil. New York City, U.S., March 11, 2025. (Getty Images)

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Free code groups and different civilian rights organizations person criticized Khalil's detention arsenic a usurpation of his First Amendment rights to state of expression, saying that the Trump medication is seeking to curb code it disagrees with.

"This is America. We don't propulsion radical successful detention centers due to the fact that of their politics. Doing truthful betrays our nationalist committedness to state of speech," the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression said successful a statement.

President Donald Trump has vowed to basal retired alleged antisemitism by overseas citizens connected assemblage campuses aft respective anti-Israel protests astatine Columbia and different U.S. campuses aft the Israel-Hamas warfare began connected Oct. 7, 2023, pursuing Hamas' astonishment onslaught connected the Jewish State.

Khalil's adjacent tribunal proceeding is scheduled for Wednesday.