Last March, Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman from New Jersey who lost nearly 200 members of her family to Israel's genocide in Gaza, was unlawfully detained by ICE for her participation in anti-genocide protests near Columbia University.

While other student protestors such as Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi have been released from detention, Kordia remains in custody a year later.

Her health has declined significantly while in detention, even leading to a recent hospitalization. While in the hospital, Kordia was shackled by metal chains on her arms and legs. She said about the experience, “It was terrifying. I felt like an animal.” Now back in ICE custody, Kordia still bears the marks of the heavy metal on her body.

An immigration judge has twice ruled that Leqaa is releasable on bond. Every moment of inaction increases the risk to her life, and urgent intervention is required.

Our elected officials have the power to bring national attention to Leqaa’s case the same way they did for Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi.

Take 3 minutes now to call your Senators and Representatives in Congress and tell them to demand that Palestinian political prisoner Leqaa Kordia be immediately released from ICE detention.

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