Sansome Street rumbled with hundreds of people chanting against a Louisiana immigration judge ruling on Friday that Mahmoud Khalil, a student activist at Columbia University arrested by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, can be deported. The street vibrated as speakers from the Palestinian Youth Movement and Party for Socialism and Liberation gathered in front of San Francisco’s ICE building.
With over 200 people in attendance, the protesters’ support for Khalil was heard loud and clear, and that support extended beyond Khalil. Many of the event’s speakers were quick to note that Mohsen Mahdawi, another participant in pro-Palestinian protests last year at Columbia University, was arrested Monday morning by ICE at an appointment for his citizenship. This comes on the heels of the Trump administration revoking over 300 international students’ visas for “destabilizing” college campuses as of April 1. One current student at San Francisco State University had their visa revoked, accordi...
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