Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests

Khalil’s arrest is the first publicly known deportation effort under Trump’s promised crackdown on students who joined protests against the war in Gaza that swept college campuses last spring. The administration has claimed participants forfeited their rights to remain in the country by supporting Hamas.

Support of a terrorist group like Hamas is illegal.


Whoever knowingly provides material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and, if the death of any person results, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:18 section:2339B edition:prelim)
 
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