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The detention has alarmed college administrators across the country, who faced criticism for calling riot police on student protesters last year and generally avoided pressing for criminal charges against pro-Palestinian activists.

During the protests last summer, Mr Khalil said he was leading negotiations with university administrators on behalf of the student protesters.

Christine Todd Whitman is a former EPA administrator who served under a Republican president, George W. Bush, after two terms as the Republican governor of New Jersey.

While the protests last year were already met with police crackdowns and punishment meted out by university administrators, the Trump administration's policies would represent an unprecedented escalation.

Two years later, Cudahy, a 1.2-square-mile city, made headlines when the mayor, a council member and a longtime administrator were arrested and charged in a federal bribery case.