NEW YORK: A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration’s 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists was released Monday after a year in custody, according to her lawyers. Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, had been held in a US immigration detention center in Texas since last March. Kordia was among roughly 100 people arrested outside Columbia University during protests at the school in 2024. An immigration judge had ordered her released on bond three times.

Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old From the West Bank Who Has Lived in New Jersey Since 2016, Had Been Held in a U.S. Immigration Detention Center in Texas Since Last March

The 33-year-old Columbia University protester had been held in immigration detention centre for a year.