A student of Columbia University sues the Trump government to prevent him from being deported after performing ice agents about her pro-Palestinian views.
Yunseo Chung, 21, said that ice is moving to have deported her from the country after she was arrested on March 5.
Chung, who is also a legal permanent resident, was arrested that day during a protest at Barnard College, in which Pro-Palestinian students are sitting.
A group of more than 50 students rushed and occupied a campus building and attacked an employee and injured an employee at Barnard, senting them to the hospital.
Days after her arrest, Chung says in her suit that ice officers signed an arrest warrant and went to her parents' home looking for her.
On March 10, Chung said, a federal law enforcement officer told her lawyer that her legal permanent resident status was 'withdrawn'.
Three days later she said that agents have searched search orders in two homes in Columbia, including her dormitory, looking for travel and immigration files and other documents.
She lived in the US since she emigrated with her parents from South Korea at the age of 7. Her lawyers would not comment on her current place of residence.
The junior is looking for a judicial order to deport the efforts of the Trump government to deport non -citizens who participated in campus protests against Israel's military actions in Gaza.
Yunseo Chung, seen here, said that ice is moving to have deported her from the country after she was arrested on March 5
NYPD cleared Pro-Palestinian protesters from Barnard College after a group of students protesters occupied the Milstein library on 5 March
The 'Gaza Solidarity Champment' in West Lawn of Columbia University can be seen here on April 29, 2024 in New York City
She asks a judge to prevent the administration from holding her, moving her from New York City or removing her from the country while her court case takes place.
The lawsuit, submitted to the federal court, says: “Ice's shocking actions against Mrs. Chung are part of a larger pattern of attempt at the US government of constitutionally protected protest activity and other forms of speech.”
According to the suit, those in the government try to use immigration enforcement as a bludgeon to suppress speech they don't like. ”
A spokesperson for the Homeland Security department said: 'Yunseo Chung has dealt with behavior, even when she was arrested by NYPD during a Pro-Hamas protest at Barnard College.
'She is being sought for removal procedures under the immigration laws. Chung gets the chance to present her case for an immigration court. '
Her lawsuit also mentioned the case of Mahmoud Khalil and other university activists who have spoken.
Khalil, 29, a Palestinian born and raised in Syria, helped protests against Israel at Columbia University in Leiden last year.
He also acted as a negotiator between students and university officials. The protests were allowed to walk unbridled for two weeks.
Mahmoud Khalil, shown here last year, was taken by Ice Agents in the custody in his university apartment
Students organize a walk-out protest in the Low Library of Columbia University in New York City, March 11, 2025
They were characterized by violent attacks and cases of Jewish students who were afraid to go to class.
Earlier this month he was taken into the detention in his university apartment by ICE agents.
The Ministry of Home Security claimed that he had “led activities that were tailored to Hamas” and that the action was taken “in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
The president accused Khalil of being 'pro-haamas' and State Secretary Marco Rubio stated that the US would withdraw visa and green cards from 'Hamas supporters'.
The supporters of Khalil say that his arrest is an attack on free speech and organizes protests in the city and throughout the country.
He is not accused of a crime. He is also married to an American citizen. His wife is eight months pregnant.
Chung says in her suit that ice officers have signed an arrest warrant and went to her parents' home looking for her
His arrest has inflamed a fierce debate about whether the Trump government has violated its first change rights by holding him and trying to deport him.
A lawyer for Khalil called the allegations 'clearly thin' and said that the government should prove that every omission was intentionally and material important.
One of Chung Naz Ahmad's lawyers said to the New York Times: 'Like many thousands of students throughout the country, Yunseo increased her voice against what is happening in Gaza and to support fellow students who are confronted with unfair discipline.
“It cannot be the case that a Straight-A student who has lived here for most of her life can be taken away and possibly deported, all because she dares to speak.”
It comes after the University of Columbia has set up the requirements of Trump for various policy changes.
The president had threatened to remove $ 400 million in government subsidies from the institution.
