New Delhi, March 17 -- Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian activist, has been released after spending 13 months in ICE detention. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has confirmed the New Jersey resident's release.

Mamdani wrote on Twitter (now X) that he had personally raised her case with President Donald Trump during a February meeting. He also requested that Trump drop cases for four other activists held over pro-Palestinian campus protests.

In March 2025, the Trump administration cracked down on pro-Palestinian campus activism. Kordia was detained during a routine immigration check.

Multiple judges ordered her release on bond, but ICE repeatedly appealed. A third ruling on 16 March went unchallenged, which finally secured her freedom.

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