President Donald Trump declared that the arrest of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was a graduate student at Columbia University, is the “first arrest of many to come.”
Khalil helped lead demonstrations at Columbia University that championed the terrorist group Hamas. The Department of Homeland Security wrote on Sunday night, “On March 9, 2025, in support of President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism, and in coordination with the Department of State, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student. Khalil led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. ICE and the Department of State are committed to enforcing President Trump’s executive orders and to protecting U.S. national security.”
“This is the first arrest of many to come,” Trump wrote on Truth…
