At Columbia University, Protesters Risk Everything as Free Speech is Shut Down
Inside, the campus is largely unchanged from when I was there as a graduate student a decade ago. Khalil is not a U.S. citizen, but is a legal permanent resident with a green card. On Tuesday afternoon, I went to Columbia ahead of a planned walkout from classes to protest Khalils arrest. Hundreds protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green-card holder and recent Columbia graduate who played a role in pro-Palestinian protests at the university, in New York City....