Columbia University students and graduates gathered over the weekend to protest the school’s recent acquiesce to the Trump administration’s demand to combat anti-Semitism in schools and campuses, and Arrest Mahmoud Khalila pro-Palestine leader on campus.
During the protests, several graduate students from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) chopped their diplomas.
“Sipa and Colombia are opposing the incredible efforts made by their students to envision a world where the world can enjoy its full human, civil and national rights,” said one of the protesters. “Sipa is not proud, we feel angry. We will continue to be angry at the institution until Mahmoud Khalil is free.”
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Columbia graduates tear her degree apart in protests Saturday, March 29, 2025. (FNTV)
Another protester announced that she was “give up” her degree and then destroyed the diploma.
Several other protesters spoke briefly before following the lawsuit.
A Columbia graduate spoke and then tore her degree apart during a protest Saturday, March 29, 2025. (FNTV)
“Free, free Palestine” shouted during the protest.
The rally took place during a celebration of the Columbia Alumni Association on Saturday.
Khalil was picked up Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers In early March, the Trump administration was part of a new effort to revoke the green card of Hamas sympathizers.
People gathered on March 28, 2025 in front of the federal court building in Newark, New Jersey to support Mahmoud Khalil. (Fox News figures by Stephanie Keith)
The Department of Homeland Security said Harrier “led the activities that were consistent with the designated terrorist organization Hamas.”
According to his LinkedIn, Khalil studied at the American University of Lebanon in Beirut and then went on to study for a master’s degree in public administration in Colombia in January 2023.
Mahmoud Khalil told his wife that he called his attorney Amy when he was arrested. (Mahmoud Khalil family)
Trump administration recently Raised $400 millionciting the school’s failure to control pro-Palestinian violence on campus. The school also agreed with the Trump administration’s request to ban student protesters from masking their faces with masks and other silences.
Columbia University earns more than $400 million in federal funding for Trump administrators
Katrina Armstrong, interim president of Colombia Give up her post Friday In the midst of turmoil.
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“Dr. Armstrong accepted the role of interim president during college and worked tirelessly to promote the interests of our community,” Board Chairman David J. Greenwald said in a press release late Friday. “Hurricane Katrina has always dedicated her heart to Columbia. We appreciate her service and look forward to her continued contribution to the university.”
Khalil now Deportation in court.
Diana Stancy, Jasmine Baehr and Alexis McAdams of Fox News Contributed to this report.
