Agents from President Donald Trump's administration have arrested Palestinian graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who played a prominent role in last year's pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University.

U.S. immigration agents arrested a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's promised crackdown on some anti-Israel activists.

A former Columbia University student and figurehead of anti-Israel demonstrations on campus has been detained after federal agents raided his home — less than a week after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off federal funding for colleges that host “illegal protests.