"Five Department of Homeland Security agents gained access to a campus residential building by pretending to be searching for a missing child, Claire Shipman, acting president of Columbia, said in a statement Thursday night. A university security camera captured footage of the agents showing photos of the alleged missing child in the hallway. They then detained Ellie Aghayeva, a student from Azerbaijan, in her apartment."
"A public safety officer "asked multiple times for a warrant, which was not produced, and asked for time to call his boss, which was not given," Shipman said. Aghayeva was released Thursday afternoon, after a conversation between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Trump."
"The incident raises new questions for college leaders about how to prepare their campuses for visits from ICE agents and protect their immigrant and international students: If ICE throws out the rules, what does that mean for high"
Columbia University's attempt to enforce legal protections against immigration enforcement on campus failed when Department of Homeland Security agents gained access to a residential building by claiming to search for a missing child. The agents detained Azerbaijani student Ellie Aghayeva in her apartment without producing a warrant, despite university security repeatedly requesting one. DHS disputed Columbia's account, stating agents identified themselves and wore visible badges, with building management and the student's roommate allowing entry. Aghayeva's student visa had allegedly been terminated in 2016 for non-attendance. The incident challenges college leaders' strategies for protecting immigrant and international students from immigration enforcement actions on campus.
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