Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old Korean American student at Columbia University, has successfully challenged her deportation by the Trump administration due to her pro-Palestinian activism. A ruling by US District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald stated that the government did not provide sufficient evidence to justify her detention during the legal proceedings. Chung, who has lived in the US since age seven and holds permanent residency, views the verdict as a minor victory in her broader fight against the government's attempts to deport individuals related to campus protests.
As of today, Yunseo Chung no longer has to fear and live in fear of ICE coming to her doorstep and abducting her in the night, Chung's lawyer Ramzi Kassem said after the court ruling on Tuesday.
US District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said government lawyers had not yet laid out enough facts about their claims that they needed to detain the student while her case against deportation plays out in court.
What is the issue with permitting her to stay in the community and not be subjected to ICE detention while the parties participate in rational, orderly briefing? the judge said.
The ruling for Chung, who has lived in the US since she was 7 years old and holds permanent residency, was a small win in a larger lawsuit in which she is seeking to block the US government from deporting non-citizens who participated in university campus protests against Israel's war on Gaza.
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