"Leqaa Kordia was detained by DHS and spent just over a full year suffering and ill in a Texas detention center, while the U.S. government threatened to deport her to her homeland in Palestine, which was in the process of being flattened and ethnically cleansed by Israel. Despite the fact that Kordia reportedly had dozens of family members in Palestine killed in the conflict, ICE kept her in detention and refused to release her even after a judge twice ordered her released on bond."
"Despite DHS repeatedly claiming she was a criminal terrorist sympathizer, the government never actually charged Kordia with a crime of any kind. The trouble began following protests on the campus of Columbia University in April of 2024, as Palestinian students and supporters protested the indiscriminate killing happening in Gaza via (often U.S.-produced) Israeli weapons."
Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old New Jersey resident, was detained by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for over a year following her attendance at a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University in April 2024. Despite a judge ordering her release on bond twice, ICE refused to comply and continued holding her in a Texas detention center. The government threatened deportation to Palestine while the region faced conflict and ethnic cleansing, and claimed Kordia was a criminal terrorist sympathizer, yet never filed any criminal charges against her. After a third judicial order for release with an increased bond, DHS finally released her this week.
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