Columbia University Expels Some Students Involved in 2024 Hamilton Hall Takeover

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The sanctions come days after U.S. immigration agents arrested a former Columbia University graduate student who led pro-Palestinian protests last year.

Columbia University said on March 13 that it has expelled or suspended some students who took over its Hamilton Hall last year amid pro-Palestinian protests, and temporarily rescinded the diplomas of others who have graduated.

In a campus-wide email, the university said its judicial board levied a range of sanctions against the students who occupied the building last year while protesting the Israel-Hamas war.

Those sanctions include multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and expulsions, Columbia wrote in a statement on its website. It said the return of suspended students will be overseen by the Columbiaโ€™s Life Office.

โ€œColumbia is committed to enforcing the Universityโ€™s Rules and Policies and improving our disciplinary processes,โ€ the statement reads.

The school did not say how many students were expelled, suspended, or had their degrees revoked. In the campus-wide email, it said the administrative actions were based on โ€œevaluation of the severity of behaviors.โ€

The Trump administration had said on March 7 that it was pulling $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University, citing the schoolโ€™s failure to combat anti-Semitism on its campus.

Columbia recently launched an investigation into students engaging in pro-Palestinian protests last year, amid threats of funding losses from the federal government.

On Sunday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student and green card holder who led the pro-Palestinian encampment protest at the school in 2024. Agents said his arrest follows President Donald Trumpโ€™s executive orders combating anti-Semitism in colleges and universities.

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said Khalil โ€œled activities aligned to Hamas,โ€ the U.S.-designated terrorist group that triggered the war in Gaza with its large-scale assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Trump said it was the โ€œfirst arrest of many to comeโ€ in a Monday post on his Truth Social platform.

โ€œWe know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it,โ€ Trump wrote.

โ€œMany are not students, they are paid agitators. We will find, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our countryโ€”never to return again.โ€

Byย Jacob Burg

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