The final individual detained during former President Trump’s enforcement actions against campus protesters has been freed from federal immigration custody.
Leqaa Kordia, age 33, walked out of the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas on Monday, March 16, 2026, where she had been held since last March. The West Bank native, who has made New Jersey her home since 2016, was greeted by family members, friends and supporters upon her release.
Kordia’s detention marked the end of a nearly year-long period in federal immigration custody following the campus protest enforcement measures implemented during the previous administration.
The emotional reunion outside the Texas facility concluded what advocates described as an extended separation from her community and support network in New Jersey.
