A Columbia College scholar who faces potential deportation for her involvement in a pro-Palestinian protest can’t be detained by immigration officers for now as she fights the Trump administration in court docket, a federal decide dominated Tuesday.
U.S. District Choose Naomi Reice Buchwald mentioned in Manhattan court docket that the federal government had not laid out sufficient info about its claims in opposition to Yunseo Chung.
The 21-year-old lawful everlasting resident who got here to the U.S. as a toddler filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Trump administration Monday, arguing the federal government is “attempting to use immigration enforcement as a bludgeon to suppress speech that they dislike.”
In an announcement Monday, the Division of Homeland Safety mentioned she had “engaged in concerning conduct,” together with being arrested at a protest.
Days later, officers advised her lawyer that her everlasting resident standing was being revoked. Brokers got here on the lookout for her at her mother and father’ residence and likewise executed a search warrant at her Columbia dormitory, in line with the swimsuit.
Chung has lived within the U.S. since emigrating from South Korea along with her mother and father at age 7, in line with her lawsuit.
The Columbia junior’s lawsuit cites the administration’s efforts to deport different college students who participated in protests in opposition to Israel’s navy actions in Gaza. They embody fellow Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil and Momodou Taal of Cornell College, who acquired a discover final week to give up to immigration authorities after he sued on March 15 to preempt deportation efforts.
