Left-wing congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib condemn the arrest of fellow “Squad” member Ilhan Omar’s daughter during the destructive anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, leading to a crackdown called it “terrible”.
The two progressive lawmakers on Thursday came after dozens of students were handcuffed and taken away from the Ivy League campus after the New York Police Department was brought in to clear a large tent encampment. I was in tune.
“What’s going on here at @BarnardCollege@Columbia? How can a student with no disciplinary history suddenly be suspended less than 24 hours after a non-violent protest?” Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) tweeted A post by Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, detailed her suspension.
“What is the value of an asymmetric crackdown on Palestinian human rights protests?”
Congressman Tlaib (D-Mich.) also weighed in on this response. Tweet“From UM to Vanderbilt to the University of Southern California to Columbia, students across our country are being retaliated against for using their constitutional rights to protest genocide. It’s appalling.”
Meanwhile, Omar has not publicly addressed her daughter’s arrest.
Hirsi, a junior at Barnard College, was detained after Columbia President Minoush Shafik “authorized” the New York Police Department to enter and clear a tent city encampment on the Ivy League’s Morningside campus. He was one of 108 protesters.
She was cited for trespassing and suspended from Columbia University’s Barnard College.
Video footage taken by the newspaper showed New York City police officers wearing riot helmets handcuffing Hirschi and taking him to a New York City corrections bus.
She was later released from jail Thursday around 9 p.m., but declined to comment to the Post about her arrest.
Hours earlier, Hirschi told It was revealed that he had been suspended from school.
“I just received notification that I am one of three students suspended for my solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide,” she tweeted.
“I am a CU Apartheid Divest @ColumbiaSJP organizer. I have never received a reprimand or disciplinary warning in my 3 years at @BarnardCollege.”
Barnard College administrators said they began receiving warnings late Wednesday that students were at risk of suspension if they did not leave the camp.
Sources said the suspension began to be lifted first thing Thursday morning. statement It is posted on the university website.
It was not immediately clear how many Barnard College students have been sanctioned so far.
A spokesperson for the Columbia University affiliate told the Post: “We do not provide information regarding legal proceedings related to student confidential conduct.”
