21-year-old Columbia student files lawsuit against Trump after feds allegedly search dorm

Yunseo Chung, a ineligible imperishable resident, has lived successful US since property 7, participated successful pro-Palestinian protests

NEW YORK CITY -- A 21-year-old inferior astatine Columbia University said she was who national agents were aft erstwhile they showed up astatine a residence adjacent the schoolhouse earlier this month, and she is present suing President Donald Trump.

Yunseo Chung, a ineligible imperishable nonmigratory who has lived successful the U.S. since she moved from South Korea astatine property 7, participated successful pro-Palestinian demonstrations and accused Trump and different officials of "attempting to usage migration enforcement arsenic a bludgeon to suppress code that they dislike, including Ms.
Chung's speech."

Since Chung participated successful a March 5 sit-in wrong and a objection extracurricular an world gathering astatine Barnard College, the feds person searched her dorm, showed up astatine her parents' location and revoked her presumption arsenic a ineligible imperishable resident, according to her lawsuit.

"The imaginable of imminent detention, to beryllium followed by deportation proceedings, has chilled her speech. Ms. Chung is present acrophobic astir speaking up astir the ongoing ordeal of Palestinians successful Gaza arsenic good arsenic what is happening connected her ain campus: the targeting of her chap students by the national government, the arbitrary disciplinary process she and others are undergoing, and the nonaccomplishment of the assemblage to support noncitizen students," the suit said. "If Ms. Chung is detained and deported, she volition beryllium indefinitely separated from her household and community. Ms. Chung's parents reside successful the continental United States, and her sister is acceptable to commencement assemblage successful the United States successful the fall."

The Trump medication argues her beingness poses risks to overseas argumentation and to halting the dispersed of antisemitism, the aforesaid rationale the medication invoked for the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.

The Columbia University postgraduate pupil was detained by national migration agents connected March 8 arsenic portion of Trump's crackdown connected what helium calls antisemitic and "anti-American" field protests. Khalil served arsenic a spokesperson and negotiator past twelvemonth for pro-Palestinian demonstrators who opposed Israel's subject run successful Gaza.

Khalil, who was calved successful Syria to a Palestinian family, has said successful a connection that his detention reflects "anti-Palestinian racism" successful the U.S.