About a dozen protesters were cuffed as they clashed with NYPD officers during a demonstration in support of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil Tuesday afternoon, police said. Cops swarmed in to make arrests after throngs of protesters blocked a downtown Manhattan street,

A U.S. green card holder faces deportation after helping lead student protests at Columbia University in New York last spring over the war in Gaza.

The 12 protesters were taken into custody as scores of people rallied outside City Hall Park in lower Manhattan Tuesday evening.