Palestinian Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi pleaded with the school for protection for months, and expressed concern about an apparent FBI visit and a possible break-in to his residence before the Trump administration detained him during a citizenship interview this week, emails obtained by Zeteo show.
“I am writing to you with a final plea for urgent help. My life is in danger, and Columbia University’s inaction is putting me at further risk,” Mahdawi, a green card holder, wrote in a March 17 email to then-Columbia President Katrina Armstrong, School of General Studies dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Columbia chief operating officer Cas Holloway, senior vice president for Columbia Health Melanie Bernitz, and Columbia dean of religious life Ian Rottenberg.
“On Monday, March 10, 2025, following the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, I sent an urgent email requesting immediate support, as I am being explicitly targeted for deportation, doxxed, and followed. Yet, to this moment, I have received no response from you,” he continued.
ICE are a bunch of bootlicking racist fascists.
Schools should stand up against trump policies.
But how exactly was Columbia supposed to provided protection? Hire mercenary groups to fight off ICE?
Supply every student with a gun and tell em they get points added to their GPA for every ICE agent iced?