Columbia student on green card arrested by ICE over anti-Israel protest involvement

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student from Syria, for his involvement in organizing anti-Israel protests on campus.

The State Department ordered that Khalil, who is a permanent resident on a green card, have his student visa revoked. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told NBC News in a statement that the arrest was coordinated with ICE and the State Department “in support of President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism.”