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Inside the Louisiana Town Entangled in a Columbia Student’s Detention
Jena, north of New Orleans, is home to the ICE detention center holding Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil—and is now ...
Columbia student activist detained by ICE was denied leave for the birth of his son, wife says
Mahmoud Khalil remains inside a Louisiana detention center as the Trump administration fights for his removal from the ...
Harvard researcher held in Louisiana awaits judge’s decision on deportation to Russia
Petrova, 30, was sent to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana where she continues to await a ...
Mass. lawmakers travel to Louisiana to speak to Tufts grad student being held by ICE
Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern spoke with Rümeysa Öztürk and Columbia University graduate student ...
Mahmoud Khalil’s wife gives birth to couple’s first child while Columbia grad remains in ICE detention
ICE and the Trump administration have stolen these precious moments from our family in an attempt to silence Mahmoud’s support for Palestinian freedom,” his wife said.
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Mass. lawmakers visit ICE detention facility in Louisiana, demand release of students
Lawmakers said Öztürk, of Tufts University, and Khalil, of Columbia University, appeared to be in decent health, but they are ...
Sen. Ed Markey and other lawmakers visit Rumeysa Ozturk at Louisiana detention facility
Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern met with Rumeysa Ozturk at a Louisiana detention facility on ...
First on CNN: Congressional delegation visits Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk in Louisiana detention centers
A delegation of congressional members traveled to Louisiana Tuesday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa ...