The move comes days after the Trump administration announced it was pulling $400 million in funding from Columbia University.

ICE agents arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil -- a leader in Columbia University's encampment movement -- on Saturday night, said attorney Amy Greer.

Mahmoud Khalil was picked up by immigration officers who said they were acting on State Department orders to revoke his green card, his attorney says.

The Education Department is among several agencies cutting funds to the school for allegedly failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on campus.

The Trump administration says it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University. Multiple federal agencies announced Friday that they're canceling grants and contracts because of what the government describes as the Ivy League school’s lackluster efforts to squelch antisemitism on campus.

The Trump administration has canceled $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University, stating that persistent anti-Israel encampments and harassment of Jewish students on campus have gone unaddressed.