Judge Orders U.S. to Stop Attempts to Deport Columbia Undergraduate

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Source: New York Times

March 25, 2025, 4:25 p.m. ET


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.

The Trump administration has cited a rarely used legal statute to justify its mission to detain and deport her. The government argues that Ms. Chung’s presence in the United States hinders the administration’s foreign policy goal of stopping the spread of antisemitism.

Ms. Chung, a high school valedictorian who moved to the United States from South Korea when she was 7, has not been detained by federal agents, and her lawyers have declined to comment on her whereabouts.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html

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[Walleye]

1. So this one girl is going to prevent this big bad administration from executing their foreign policy? What a bunch of

Weaklings

[moniss]

2. I doubt this will stop them from harassing her or

perhaps using "private" security to grab her. They may try to frame her for a crime and then use that as a basis for action. It's good to have court decisions on your side but it's only meaningful if they are followed and enforced. Since enforcement in Federal cases comes by way of DOJ any effort would li9kely be weak if at all.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

3. Can we get an official answer from any major media outlet

about why they keep calling one single person "the US" in their headlines? And how that could POSSIBLY align with anything resembling values of objectivity, democracy, and free press?