Columbia Student Protester Sues Trump Admin After Permanent Legal Status Revoked

The student’s lawyers have also filed a motion seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent her arrest.

In this file photograph, police use a special vehicle to enter Hamilton Hall which was occupied by protesters at Columbia University in New York City on April 30, 2024. Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

A Columbia University student filed a lawsuit on March 24 against President Donald Trump and top administration officials, seeking to block any potential deportation efforts over her participation in pro-Palestinian protests.

Those protests had been described the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as “pro-Hamas.”