"Once inside the apartment, it became clear they had misrepresented themselves. A public safety officer arrived, asked multiple times for a warrant, which was not produced, and asked for time to call his boss, which was not given. This was a frightening and fast-moving situation and utterly unacceptable for our students and staff."
"When ICE agents enter private campus housing without a judge-signed warrant, that's not law enforcement - that's rogue behavior. The law requires a judicial warrant, and people have the right to demand to see it."
Federal DHS agents entered an off-campus Columbia University residential building without a warrant by misrepresenting themselves as police searching for a missing child. They accessed the apartment of Elmina Aghayeva, a student from Azerbaijan. Columbia's acting president condemned the incident as unacceptable and frightening. Aghayeva was released after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani raised concerns with President Trump. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell issued joint guidance stating that ICE agents entering private campus housing without a judge-signed warrant constitutes rogue behavior, and people have the right to demand to see judicial warrants.
Read at Boston.com
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