Manifestantes propalestinos se enfrentan a agentes de la policía de Nueva York mientras un activista Israel se enfrenta a la deportación
La policía de Nueva York dijo que casi una docena de manifestantes fueron detenidos durante una manifestación en apoyo del estudiante de la Universidad de Columbia Mahmoud Khalil. (FNTV)
About a dozen protesters demonstrating in support of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil were arrested on Tuesday as they clashed with New York City Police.
Agentes de inmigración detuvieron a Khalil, residente permanente en Estados Unidos, en Nueva York el sábado, y ha sido trasladado a un centro de detención de inmigrantes en Luisiana, mientras la administración Trump trata de revocar su situación legal y deportarlo por su participación el año pasado en protestas Israel Israel en el campus.
The White House said Tuesday that Khalil distributed pro-Hamas flyers on campus.
"This is an individual who organized group protests that not only disrupted college campus classes and harassed Jewish American students and made them feel unsafe on their own college campus, but also distributed pro-Hamas propaganda flyers with the logo of Hamas," White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said.
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman has ordered that Khalil, whose American wife is eight months pregnant, not be deported while the court considers the legal challenge brought by his lawyers, who argue the government is unlawfully retaliating against him for constitutionally protected speech. His lawyers want him brought back to New York and released under supervision.
On Tuesday, the NYPD made arrests after several protesters blocked a downtown street in Manhattan, even after warnings to clear the roadway, according to the New York Post.
WHO IS MAHMOUND KHALIL, THE ANTI-ISRAEL COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ACTIVIST ICE ARRESTED?
Agentes de la policía de Nueva York chocan con manifestantes propalestinos cuando se reúnen frente a Gracie Mansion para protestar contra la celebración del Iftar del alcalde de Nueva York Eric Adams, y exigir la liberación del activista palestino Mahmoud Khalil. Ciudad de Nueva York, EE.UU., 11 de marzo de 2025. Getty Images)
Un manifestante fue derribado al suelo por un par de agentes durante su detención.
"Move cops, get out the way, we know you’re Israeli-trained," some protesters shouted as police blocked them from entering City Hall Park. "Oink, oink, piggy, piggy. We’re gonna make your lives s--tty."
Police repeatedly warned protesters that if they remained on the roadway, they would be arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
The NYPD said late Tuesday that one person was charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental administration charges while 11 others were issued summonses, the New York Post reported.
Police also took a man into custody after he got into an argument with a protester, according to the outlet.
ICE AGENTS ARREST ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST WHO LED PROTESTS ON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR MONTHS
Agentes de la policía de Nueva York chocan con manifestantes propalestinos cuando se reúnen frente a Gracie Mansion para protestar contra la celebración del Iftar del alcalde de Nueva York Eric Adams, y exigir la liberación del activista palestino Mahmoud Khalil. Ciudad de Nueva York, EE.UU., 11 de marzo de 2025. Getty Images)
Earlier, about 350 protesters marched from Washington Square Park to Federal Plaza Immigration Court as they chanted anti-Israel slogans and called for Khalil’s freedom, the outlet noted.
"There is only one solution, intifada revolution," protesters chanted.
The group was attempting to make speeches in front of the federal courthouse in the middle of the street when they were told by the NYPD to continue walking. When demonstrators attempted to enter City Hall Park, police blocked them and forced them to turn around.
Protesters said Khalil was criminalized for expressing his freedom of speech. They also said he was a "political prisoner."
"The Trump administration and the complicit Columbia University believe if they separate us from this key cornerstone of our community, our movement will begin to crumble," the protesters shouted.
Officers also clashed with demonstrators outside Gracie Mansion to protest New York City Mayor Eric Adams holding Iftar — a meal Muslims have at sundown to break the daily fast during Ramadan — as they demanded Khalil's release.
Manifestantes propalestinos se reúnen ante Gracie Mansion para protestar contra la celebración del Iftar por parte del alcalde de Nueva York Eric Adams, y exigir la liberación del activista palestino Mahmoud Khalil. Ciudad de Nueva York, EE.UU., 11 de marzo de 2025. Getty Images)
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Free speech groups and other civil rights organizations have criticized Khalil's detention as a violation of his First Amendment rights to freedom of expression, saying that the Trump administration is seeking to curb speech it disagrees with.
"This is America. We don't throw people in detention centers because of their politics. Doing so betrays our national commitment to freedom of speech," the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression said in a statement.
El presidente Donald Trump ha prometido erradicar el supuesto antisemitismo de ciudadanos extranjeros en los campus universitarios, tras varias protestas Israel en Columbia y otros campus estadounidenses después de que comenzara la guerra Israel el 7 de octubre de 2023, tras el ataque sorpresa de Hamás contra el Estado judío.
Khalil's next court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
