Leqaa Kordia

Leqaa Kordia is a Palestinian woman from East Jerusalem who was detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on March 13, 2025, at an immigration office in Newark, New Jersey. The government cited her overstaying an F-1 student visa, which had expired on January 26, 2022, after she left her academic program. Kordia had previously been arrested at Columbia University during a pro-Palestinian demonstration, though those charges were later dropped.