"Kordia is being held in Texas after being detained as part of US President Donald Trump's crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on college campuses across the country. Her legal team said she was targeted for her protest against Israel's genocidal war in Gaza near Columbia University in New York in 2024, but the federal government said she was arrested for allegedly overstaying her student visa."
"Kordia grew up in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah before coming to the US in 2016. She arrived on a visitor's visa, staying with her mother, a US citizen, in Paterson, New Jersey, home to one of the largest Arab communities in the country. She later transitioned from a tourist visa to a student visa, according to her habeas corpus petition."
Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian detained by ICE since March, was hospitalized after a seizure at a Texas detention facility and has been unreachable by family and lawyers since. Kordia was arrested amid nationwide enforcement linked to pro-Palestine campus protests; legal counsel says she was targeted for protesting Israel's war in Gaza, while federal authorities allege she overstayed a student visa. Born in Ramallah, she arrived in the US in 2016 on a visitor visa, later obtained a student visa and a green card in 2021, and says incorrect advice led to visa expiration in 2022. She worked as a server and cared for her autistic half-brother.
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