The Palestinian student activist at New York's Columbia University detained as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on some anti-Israel protesters has been moved to a federal jail for migrants in Louisiana to await deportation proceedings,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the arrest of a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University will be followed by others.

A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University is facing deportation following his arrest by federal immigration agents over the weekend.