INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 12: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Amedeo F. Pace of Blonde Redhead performs at the Sonora Tent the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2025 in Indio, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella)
Last month, ICE agents abducted Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from his home in New York City and took him to an immigration detention center in Louisiana, where he’s still being held today. Born to Palestinian parents in a refugee camp in Syria and now a US green card holder, Khalil had a key role in pro-Palestine protests on campus. While he hasn’t been hit with any criminal charges, he’s currently facing deportation and revocation of his student visa, with the Trump administration making the very hypocritical argument that his activism puts US foreign policy at risk.
