Some Columbia University Students tied themselves to the gates to protest against Mahmoud Khalil’s detention with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Students began protesting outside Columbia University St. Paul’s Church asked the institution to release the name “name given to Mahmoud Khalil to ICE” on Wednesday afternoon. “We will not leave until our needs are met,” the Colombian Palestine Solidarity Commission wrote on X.
rupture: @Colombia College students locked themselves on the gates of Colombia and asked to name Mahmoud Khalil ICE. We won’t leave until we meet our needs. Free Mahmoud Khalil. Free Palestine. @jvpcolumbia pic.twitter.com/hsktduascc
– Colombia Palestine Solidarity Alliance (CPSC) (@Columbia_PSC) April 2, 2025
“Free Mahmoud Khalil. Named Trustee. Jewish students won’t leave. They will continue to be tied to the campus gate until @Columbia University is in charge. The group wrote on X.
Students tied themselves to the gates of Columbia University on Wednesday, demanding that Mahmoud Khalil be responsible for arresting the university trustees. (Selcuk acar/anadolu via Getty image)
Students tied themselves to the gates of Columbia University on Wednesday, demanding that Mahmoud Khalil be responsible for arresting the university trustees. (Selcuk acar/anadolu via Getty image)
A Columbia University spokesman told Fox News Numbers that the agency’s public safety officials will be removed after about two hours of being tied to the campus gate.
“We are monitoring the interruptions in the gates of St. Paul’s Church, involving about four people linked to one gate, which constitutes violations of the rules of university conduct. Individuals meet the need for identity but refuse to leave the area. Public safety in Colombia and individuals are escorted off campus.
Students tied themselves to the gates of Columbia University on Wednesday, demanding that Mahmoud Khalil be responsible for arresting the university trustees. (Selcuk acar/anadolu via Getty image)
“We will follow the rules of violations established in the University’s rules of conduct. Our focus is to retain our core mission to teach, create and promote knowledge while ensuring a safe campus for our community,” the spokesperson said.
The protesters then sat outside the gate, with their arms connected and said they planned to stay until Colombia stock “the trustee is responsible for informing the students,” Colombia Daily Audience.
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Protesters showed a banner on the balcony as they linked themselves to the gates of Columbia University on Wednesday, demanding responsibility for the university trustees following the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. (Selcuk acar/anadolu via Getty image)
A spokesman for the New York Police Department told Fox News that about 80 protesters were outside the door of St. Paul’s Church on Columbia University’s campus.
The protesters also draped a poster from a nearby overpass that read: “Free Mahmoud Khalil. Name the trustee.”
One of the leaders of Columbia University Anti-Israel The camp in spring 2024 was detained by ICE agents in New York City in early March. The Department of Homeland Security said Harrier “led the activities that were consistent with the designated terrorist organization Hamas.”
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Mahmoud Khalil allegedly played an important role in Columbia’s protests against Israel. (Ted Shaffrey/file)
Born in Syria, Khalil came to the United States in 2022 and then became a permanent resident in 2024.
