A student at Columbia University President Donald Trump and other senior officials have sued after they tried to withdraw her permanent resident status and remove her from the United States.
A lawsuit was brought on Monday after immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) received an administrative order for the arrest of 21-year-old Yunseo Chung and the South Korean resident told that her status was “withdrawn”.
The lawsuit claims that the administration “is part of a larger pattern of an attempt at the US government of the constitutionally protected protest activity”.
“The repression of the government has specifically aimed at university students who speak out in solidarity with Palestinians and who are critical of the constant military campaign of the Israeli government in Gaza or the pro-Israeli policy of the US government and other US institutions,” is the suit.
Student protesters march around their camps at the Columbia University Campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
The Pak mentions Trump and State Secretary Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pamela Bondi, secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Name, acting director of Ice Todd Lyons and acting field office director of the New York Ice William Joyce.
“The actions of the government are an unprecedented and unjustified attack on the first amendment and other rights, one that cannot tolerate basic research,” says the suit. “Simply put, immigration enforcement—Her, immigration -detention and endangered deportation -cannot be used as an aid to punish non -burger speakers who express political views that have been promoted by current administration. “
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The suit says that Chung Junior is in the Ivy League institution with a promising future for her after graduating as Valedictorian in her high school. She arrived legally in the United States during her father’s graduated studies. The lawsuit notes that she has maintained a 3.99 GPA.
Chung has been involved in the Pro-Palestinian protests On campus but did not spoke to the press or in a controversial position such as Mahmoud Khalil, a former student of Columbia and legal immigrant who is confronted with deportation.
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Her name was mentioned in media reports after participating in a protest on March 5. She was arrested for alleged ‘obstruction of the government’, but the university knew her of misconduct during the disciplinary procedure with regard to its protest activities.
It was shortly thereafter, the lawsuit claims that ice came after her, went to her family’s house to find her and searched her dormitory.
“Now officials of the highest echelons of the government of immigration enforcement try to use as a bludgeon to suppress speech they don’t like, including the speech of Mrs. Chung,” they said.
On Tuesday, a federal court placed a temporarily limiting order on ice and said that Chung cannot arrest and deport. The expiry of the order is determined by another judicial order.
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Students of demonstrators gather in protest within their camp at the Columbia University Campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
The lawsuit claims that the government is going after her Freedom And the use of the justification that the administration regards her as a threat to foreign policy to try to withdraw her status.
The Trump government has made it clear that it will go behind foreign students who participate in the pro-Palestinian protests and label them ‘pro-haamas’.
“We have informed you to all resident aliens who participated in the pro-jihadist protests: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you,” Trump is quoted in a fact sheet published by the White House. “I will also quickly cancel the student visa of all Hamas sympathizers at university campuses, which are infected with radicalism like never before.”
Pro-Palestine demonstrators demonstrate outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Several students were arrested while officers cleaned up a campus lawn. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)
In a statement to FOX News, a senior spokesperson for the US Department of Interior Security said Chung ‘involved in behavior’, but will have the opportunity to present her case for an immigration court.
“Ice HSI will investigate people who are involved in activities to support Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization,” they said. “Based on research results, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can set a provision that can lead to a cancellation of a visa or other action that will take the immigration status of an alien in the US in the US for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ice will undertake suitable enforcement actions.”
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Fox News Digital has contacted Chung’s lawyer, Naz Ahmad, the White House and ICE for comment.
Brendan McDonald from Fox News has contributed to this report.
