
Lilia Luciano
Correspondent and Anchor at CBS News
National Correspondent at @CBSNews host of #ElFlow podcast @iHeartRadio — email: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Lilia Luciano |Joe Walsh
Mohsen Mahdawi graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy Monday, less than three weeks after he was released from immigration custody after being detained at what he was told was a U.S. citizenship interview. Mahdawi — who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests on Columbia's campus in 2023 — was greeted by cheers and applause as he returned to accept his diploma, donning a blue graduation cap with the scales of justice depicted on the top.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Lilia Luciano |Joe Walsh
A Columbia student activist and green card holder who was detained when he went for a citizenship interview last month said President Trump "will not silence me," in an interview with CBS News from Vermont on Monday.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Lilia Luciano
Just one day before Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by immigration agents at what he was told was his citizenship interview, the Columbia student and Palestinian activist told CBS News he thought there was a chance the long-awaited appointment could be a trap. "It's the first feeling of like, I've been waiting for this for more than a year," Mahdawi — a native of the Israeli-occupied West Bank who has held a green card for the last decade — told CBS News on the eve of his detention.
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2 months ago |
cbsnews.com | Nicole Brown Chau |Lilia Luciano
Woman spots partner in El Salvador prison video Tattoos of crowns, a clock and other symbols have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren de Aragua gang. But experts and police in a Colorado city who have investigated the gang say tattoos aren't reliable markers of affiliation.
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2 months ago |
cbsnews.com | Lilia Luciano
Woman spots partner in El Salvador prison video When videos were released showing more than 200 Venezuelan men who had been deported from the U.S. arriving in El Salvador at one of the world's most dangerous prisons, a woman named Nays recognized one of the faces. It was her partner, and seeing him in the video filled her with terror, she told CBS News.
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The judge in Rumeysa Ozturk's case said the government has had time to present any evidence other than the Op-Ed justifying her detention and has not. He expressed concerns she was detained in retaliation for nothing more than her speech in a published Op-Ed, "that literally is

A Columbia University official tells @CBSNews, “At this time, more than 65 Columbia students are on interim suspension pending further investigation, and a total of 33 individuals, including from affiliated institutions, have been barred from Columbia’s campus. Alumni

Attorney in the #RumeysaOzturk hearing added that the government, in her view, is sending a "clear message you can be detained thousands of miles from your home for more than 6 weeks for writing an article on your school newspaper."

During this bail hearing, #RumeysaOzturk attorneys said, "Ms. Ozturk is still in detention, for weeks longer, (now 6 weeks) experiencing multiple asthma attacks, all because she wrote an Op-ed." This is the guest Op-ed they are referring to: https://t.co/97h5fXutPO