Columbia University protester released after one year in immigration custody

Federal officials say Leqaa Kordia overstayed her student visa. Her lawyer says she was targeted for pro-Palestinian activism.

Leqaa Kordia, a pro-Palestinian activist, released after a year in ICE custody

Kordia was taken at a check-in at an ICE office in New Jersey and was held despite court ruling thrice for her release A New Jersey woman who had been arrested at a pro-Palestine protest and booked into a US immigration detention center in Texas last March has been released on bond, after a year in custody. Leqaa Kordia, 33, originally from the West Bank, was arrested in April 2024 at a protest against Israel’s war on Gaza outside of Columbia University. Nearly a year later, she was taken int...

By Maanvi Singh

Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia released from ICE detention

Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia was released from an ICE detention facility in Texas after a year in custody.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani asked Trump to release a pro-Palestinian protester from custody. Then she was set free

The 33-year-old was arrested over a year ago when she voluntarily checked in with ICE officials

By Josh Marcus