Jake Offenhartz | The Associated Press
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Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last spring's anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, according to his attorney.
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned residence Saturday night near Columbia’s Manhattan campus when severa Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered the building and took him into custody, his attorney, Amy Greer, told The Associated Press.
Greer said she spoke by phone with one of the ICE agents during the arrest, who said they were acting on...
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