"ICE arrested Elmina Aghayeva, an illegal alien from Azerbaijan, whose student visa was terminated in 2016 under the Obama administration for failing to attend classes. The building manager and her roommate let officers into the apartment. She has no pending appeals or applications with DHS."
"ICE agents impersonated NYPD with fake badges and a phony missing persons bulletin for a 5 year old girl. They purposefully deceived campus housing/security to gain entry to the student's apartment. The level of civil rights violations that took place is staggering."
"The acting president of the elite institution in New York City, Claire Shipman, wrote in a statement sent to the wider Columbia community that the university was working to gather more information on the incident and was working to reach the family and providing legal support."
Federal immigration officers arrested Elmina Aghayeva, a Columbia University undergraduate student, by posing as New York police officers searching for a missing child to gain entry to her residential building. The student posted on Instagram claiming illegal arrest. Columbia's acting president Claire Shipman stated the university was gathering information and providing legal support to the family. DHS confirmed the arrest, noting the student's visa was terminated in 2016 for failing to attend classes. Manhattan borough president Brad Hoylman-Sigal criticized the operation, stating ICE agents used fake badges and a phony missing persons bulletin, describing the civil rights violations as staggering.
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