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Leqaa Kordia, a pro-Palestinian activist, released after a year in ICE custody

globalMarch 17, 2026
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Leqaa Kordia, a pro-Palestinian activist, released after a year in ICE custody
Kordia was taken at a check-in at an ICE office in New Jersey and was held despite court ruling thrice for her releaseA New Jersey woman who had been arrested at a pro-Palestine protest and
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Kordia was taken at a check-in at an ICE office in New Jersey and was held despite court ruling thrice for her release

A New Jersey woman who had been arrested at a pro-Palestine protest and booked into a US immigration detention center in Texas last March has been released on bond, after a year in custody.

Leqaa Kordia, 33, originally from the West Bank, was arrested in April 2024 at a protest against Israel’s war on Gaza outside of Columbia University. Nearly a year later, she was taken into custody after reporting for a check-in at a Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in New Jersey.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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