mahmoud khalil and higher education

[toastykitten]

• Here's video of Mahmoud Khalil being arrested by plainclothes immigration authorities who don't identify themselves, and don't show a warrant.
• BTW, a pro-Israel group (Betar) says it has a "deportation list" and sent "thousands of names" to Trump officials.
• Letter to Columbia University from Trump admin demanding - a mask ban, putting the Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies department under academic receivership for five years, suspend/expend students for Hamilton Hall protest, etc.
• Columbia expels Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers President, union says - The University expelled Grant Miner, president of the Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers, UAW announced in a Thursday news release. Miner is a Ph.D. student in the department of English and comparative literature. “Columbia fired our union president the day before we start bargaining—less than a week after allowing ICE to abduct our coworker,” SWC-UAW wrote in a Thursday post on X.
• The University Judicial Board issued expulsions, temporary degree revocations, and multi-year suspensions for students involved in the April 2024 occupation of Hamilton Hall on Thursday, according to a Thursday email from University Life.
• Mahmoud Khalil finally got to speak with his attorney.
• Another protester got arrested by ICE, and another "self-deported".

There are lots of fundraisers floating out there for Khalil, most of them unverified, but I checked his main one and it's pretty solid. If you feel like donating to anything, please try donating directly to people in Gaza via Chuffed - Israel has blocked any food or aid from going in for almost two weeks now, and they've destroyed their water source. People are straight up starving and dying. The Sameer Project has specific things you can donate to and you can direct dollars via Venmo or PayPal. GoFundMe has been really inconsistent and they've been cancelling people's campaigns even when they've proved themselves.