Protest by the student disputes that were identified on the accusations of the Trump government
Days after the appearance of federal immigration agents in the Ranjani Serinivasan apartment, to leave the country for fear of arrest-the student is competing for the Trump administration’s account of her story.
Serenivasan, 37, an Indian citizen and his colleague at the University of Colombia, says he is persecuting to exercise his right to freedom of expression.
Interior Ministry officials set this last week as one of the two others Students at Columbia University That was the targets of immigration work as part of Trump’s repression against international students Those who participated in the protests against the war between Israel and Hamas.
Serenivasan has been working in the United States since 2016, when he enrolled as a graduate student at Harvard University.
Serenivasan’s lawyers said she participated in some protests.
But her lawyers say she did not participate in a protest last year when the students occupied Hamilton Hall, which led to dozens of arrests.
Defense states that on the night when the Hamilton Hall incident occurred, she was returning home after spending a night with friends. When she approached her apartment at the University of Colombia, she found that the streets were fighting and the police did not allow her to reach her apartment.
During the confusion, Srenevasan was arrested. I got a judicial summons and was accused of not dispersing and banning the sidewalk. Her lawyers said that both accusations were withdrawn, and she did not face any disciplinary procedure.
His activity on social networks was limited to sharing or enjoying jobs that highlight human rights violations in The war in Gaza In December 2023, it signed an open letter published by the Association of Architectural Historians to support “The Palestinian Liberation.”
Serenivasan, who joined Colombia in 2020 and is also an architect, attended a doctorate at the College of Graduate Studies for Architecture, Planning and Conservation. It was expected to form this year.
Since she left the United States last week, Serenivasan says that her registration has been canceled without explanation by the university and that it is not sure whether it would be able to complete the course she was looking for for five years.
“After I canceled my visa and then lost my student’s position, I changed my life and my future – not because of any violator CNN.
Columbia University has refused to comment on a request on the registration of Serenivasan.
Lawyers say that immigration agents visited a student without a judicial order
Serenivasan found that there was something wrong with his visa two weeks ago after contacting him by the American consulate in India, which informed her that the student’s visa had been canceled.
She contacted the International Student Services Office at Columbia University for help and was sometimes reported that the visa can simply request a new visa when she left the country.
The university said it, until then, will have a legal status as a registered student and its teacher’s jobs can continue at the Bernard College.
It was during that call Immigration agents They appeared for the first time at the door of Serenivasan. She says she did not allow them to enter.
According to the student’s lawyers, immigration agents returned to their apartment the next night, at the same time that federal immigration agents arrived at the campus Columbia University and arrested Mahmoud KhalilAn important Palestinian activist who has been closely participated in the campus protests against the war between Israel and Hamas.
Khalil, who is married to an American citizen and is a permanent legal resident, continues to detention at the Ice Na Louisiana detention center.
Khalil completed a master’s degree at Columbia University in December. He was arrested and detained by federal agents on March 8, after his lawyer said that the Trump administration canceled his green card.
Khalil’s wife, the pregnant woman, was eight months, present while arresting him.
Nearly 100 people were arrested on Thursday (13) after the demonstrators gathered in Trump Tower in Manhattan to arrest Khalil. Khalil’s lawyers submitted a request to release them on Friday (14), on the pretext that the first amendment to Khalil and the rights of legal procedures had been violated during his arrest.
Srenivasan’s lawyers say the police had no memo during the initial visit and threatened to return to her apartment so that they could contact her.
On Tuesday (11), Srenevasan made the decision to leave the United States and go to Canada.
I came to the United States to study. American universities are places where students can learn and participate in political speeches without fear of revenge. “I just want to complete my studies so that I can finish what I started,” said Sarenvasan in a statement.
Last week, the Minister of Internal Security Administration, Christie sleep, published a video in X, showing Srinivasan wandering around the airport while leaving the country. In a post, Nayyem said that Srinvasan used American border customs and self -application – a claim that his lawyers are now denied.
“Although he did not make any error, Mrs. Sreenvasan retained a trip outside the country to comply with American law, which gave him 15 days to leave after the Ministry of the Interior Ministry ended her illegally.”
Yavi said: “The fact that the Interior Ministry of Security falsely claims that it has” subjective self “through the application of CBP only indicates that government persecution depends on inventions, not the facts.
A CNN I called the department’s authorities to comment.
Last week, the administration confirmed that the Sreenifasan visa was canceled according to the mysterious legal situation that gives the Foreign Minister to act if he or it believes that the non -scale “is likely to have serious harmful consequences in US foreign policy.”
A CNN He previously stated that the Trump government uses the law rarely used to reach students who may have participated in the protests last year.
Administration officials have also confirmed that Srenevasan did not reveal both quotes in his recent visa, although it is unclear whether this is the only basis for cancellation.
