A Palestinian activist who led the disruptive anti-Israel protests at both Columbia University and Barnard College has been arrested by ICE agents at his campus apartment, according to his lawyer.
Mahmoud Khalil, a former graduate student who got his undergraduate degree in Beirut and completed his studies at Ivy League Columbia in December, also reportedly faces having his visa revoked and his green card canceled following President Trump’s crackdown on unrest at colleges.
He was inside his university-owned apartment a few blocks from campus Saturday night when ICE agents entered the residence and took him into custody, attorney Amy Greer told AP.
Despite graduating months ago, Khalil still lived in school-provided housing due to a policy allowing students to remain on campus for three months after graduating, a source told The Post.
He has remained active in recent disruptive protests, including last week’s takeover of the Milstein Library at Barnard College.
Videos and photographs posted on X depict him holding a bullhorn near the library entrance and engaged in discussion with school administrators.
At that same protest, disturbing literature was being distributed purporting to come directly from the “
Hamas Media Office,” including one pamphlet reading “Our Narrative… Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” a reference to the Oct. 7 terror attack that killed more than 1,200 people in Israel and resulted the Gaza war.
Others at the Barnard library takeover
passed around trading card-like photos of notorious Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon last September.