The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents has detained a Columbia University student on the morning of Thursday, 26 February. University officials said the DHS agents 'misrepresented' themselves to access the student's dorm. The student was released later during the day following a call between New York City Mayor and President Donald Trump.
According to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, he was told by President Trump that Elaina Aghayeva, the student, would be 'released imminently' after speaking with him. Columbia University's acting president, Claire Shipman, announced later that five DHS agents made their way into the off-campus dorm not long after 6 in the morning without a warrant, per ABC News.
