New Orleans activists took to the streets on Tuesday (March 11) to demand the release of an alumnus of Columbia University who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents over the weekend for leading pro-Palestine protests at Columbia. ICE records show that Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born Palestinian who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States, is being held at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena, about four hours northwest of New Orleans.

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