ICE Got Warrants Under “False Pretenses,” Claims Columbia Student Targeted Over Gaza Protests

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 10: A Department of Homeland Security officer stands guard at 26 Federal plaza as protestors gather to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil at Foley Square on March 10, 2025 in New York City. Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist arrested Saturday, received a temporary reprieve from deportation. A federal judge in New York blocked the Trump administration's efforts to deport him until a conference on Wednesday. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

The law behind the warrants bars concealment of people in the country illegally, yet the students were legal residents living on campus.

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