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Democrats divided over the arrest of Palestinian student for his role in Columbia protests

Trump warns that the arrest of a Palestinian activist at Columbia University is just the beginning as his administration cracks down on anti-Israel campus protests

Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful U.S. resident who was a graduate student at Columbia until December, was detained Saturday by federal immigration agents in New York and flown to an immigration jail in Louisiana.

However, Khalil is in the United States on a green card and not on a student visa, Greer said Sunday. Despite informing agents about his legal status, ICE detained him, she said.