Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for release NEW YORK: A Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the “irreparable harm” caused by his continued detention as a federal judge weighs his release. Mahmoud Khalil said in court filings unsealed Thursday that the […]
The US Coast Guard intercepted a 25-foot sailboat carrying 16 Mexican nationals off the coast of California on Saturday and handed them over to border patrol, the agency said.The overcrowded boat was first spotted by a Coast Guard lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft about 54 miles off the coast of Point Loma near San Diego. A […]
Ben Cohen, co-founder of the ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, was detained on Wednesday during a protest in the US Senate.The demonstration was focused on military aid to Israel and humanitarian concerns in Gaza, disrupting a hearing where US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr was giving testimony.Cohen was one of several activists taken […]
Trump administration admitted to the court that Mahmoud Khalil was detained without a warrant. Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil whose arrest sent shockwaves among university students in the country was detained without an arrest warrant, the Donald Trump administration admitted to the court. It cited exigent circumstances for the warrantless arrest and […]
A Harvard scientist integral to a promising breakthrough in cancer diagnostics has spent the past two months in an immigration detention centre, sparking fears that her absence could stall crucial advances in early detection technology, NBC News reported.Kseniia Petrova, 30, a Russian-born researcher at Harvard Medical School’s Kirschner Lab, was detained by US immigration authorities […]
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who was detained by US immigration authorities in March over “antisemitism on campus”, has described the conditions in the detention facility as “inhumane” and “unsafe.” Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was arrested by US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents near her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March […]
Judge transfers case of detained Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont (Picture credit: AP) A federal judge on Friday ordered the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, to be moved from Massachusetts to Vermont, where she was briefly held after her arrest by immigration officers last week.Ozturk’s lawyers had […]
A graduate student of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has been detained by the US immigration and customs enforcement, as confirmed by university officials.The university communicated to its community through a letter that the student was apprehended at a residence away from campus on Thursday.“We are actively working to gather more details about this incident,” […]
Alireza Doroudi, University of Alabama PhD student, is the latest to be detained by ICE. In the latest case of ICE arrest, Iranian student Alireza Doroudi has been detained by the Fed agents, the University of Alabama, where he is studying mechanical engineering, confirmed. But ICE records do not show which facility he has been […]
A 33-year-old German national was taken into custody after allegedly engaging in inappropriate behavior aboard SWISS Air flight LX918 from Zurich to Dresden earlier this week.The incident unfolded mid-flight when a fellow passenger noticed the man masturbating and alerted cabin crew. According to Swiss news outlet Blick, the individual ignored initial warnings and required multiple […]
