US EditionColumbia University student says she has been released after being detained by DHS agents
The student's detention sparked protests and legal action amid claims ICE misrepresented itself; about 100 protested, and university legal support was mobilized.
- On Thursday, Elmina Aghayeva, a Columbia University student, was detained early on campus and later released after federal agents entered Columbia housing on West 121st Street around 6:30 a.m., Acting President Claire Shipman said.
- DHS said her student visa was terminated in 2016 for failing to attend classes, while a habeas corpus petition filed Thursday in the Southern District of New York states she entered the U.S. around 2016 and no reason was given for her detention.
- A DHS representative said agents wore badges and verbally identified themselves, and Columbia says the building manager and roommate let officers in.
- Student groups called an emergency rally, and about 100 people demonstrated outside Columbia's gates, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the detention 'unacceptable' and Columbia University added patrols and an immigration webinar.
- Columbia has become a political flashpoint amid protests, ICE actions last year, and Homeland Security searches involving Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained for three months before release.
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Immigration agents just arrested a student inside a Columbia University building. It could happen here, too. - The Boston Globe
The arrest of Columbia University senior Ellie Aghayeva injected fresh urgency to efforts by local officials to prepare the public for escalating federal immigration enforcement efforts.
Ellie Aghayeva, the Columbia University student arrested Thursday by agents of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who allegedly claimed to be police officers to be able to enter her apartment, in a university building off campus, has been released, she confirmed herself in her Instagram profile. “I just got out a while ago. I’m sure and fine, in an Uber back home. I’m very sorry but I’m still in shock and my phone is ringing nonstop with …
Immigration agents arrested Elmina Aghayeva this Thursday morning, triggering a wave of protests over the procedure
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