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Hundreds of Palestinian protesters have entered Trump Tower in New York City with the message: ‘Fight Nazi, not students.’
Protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace chanted ‘Free Mahmoud, Free them All!’ while taking over the lobby of the hotel on Thursday morning.
They held the demonstration in support of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who is facing deportation.
Many of the protesters wore red shirts with the lettering in white: ‘Not in our name’ and ‘Jews say stop arming Israel’.
They held large white banners stating, ‘Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine’ and ‘Jews say do not comply’.
The protesters filled the gold-tinted ground floor of the hotel as onlookers recorded the energetic scene from higher floors.
Khalil, 30, was one of the main orchestrators of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia last year. Similar demonstrations were subsequently held at other colleges across the US.
The green card holder was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Saturday night.
President Donald Trump has labeled Khalil a terrorist sympathizer.
A Trump administration document stated that Khalil is ‘subject to removal from the United States’.
‘The Secretary of State has determined that your presence or activities in the United States would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States,’ read the documented seen by NBC News.
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