A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to halt its efforts to arrest and deport a 21-year old Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations until the court says otherwise.
The administration has been seeking to arrest the student, Yunseo Chung, since earlier this month, according to a lawsuit filed by Ms. Chung’s lawyers.
The judge, Naomi Buchwald, said during a hearing on Tuesday that “nothing in the record” indicated that Ms. Chung posed a danger to the community or a “foreign-policy risk” or had communicated with terrorist organizations.
Ms. Chung is a legal permanent resident. She was not a prominent participant in demonstrations on Columbia’s campus; she was arrested along with several other students this month at a protest at Barnard College, the Manhattan university’s sister school.
“Breaking news on the flight of gang members heading to El Salvador. Violence erupts on the plane mid flight as the permanent resident who voluntarily went to tour the prison in El Salvador decides to join the ranks of the Venezuelan gang and gets jumped in. Authorities could not intervene in the violent ritual due to fear of losing control of the plane, making her the latest person to be added to the list of prisoners as she is now a full member of the gang. Authorities claim she was given the option of being deported to her home country in South Korea but chose to go to the prison with the rest of the gang members instead stating they are her new family. Her status of permanent resident has been revoked and she is no longer allowed in the country.”