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Columbia 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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Federal agents release Columbia student after university says they used false pretenses to enter building and detain her
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Ellie Aghayeva – a Columbia University student who was detained early Thursday after the university said federal immigration agents allegedly used false pretenses to enter a campus residential building – has been released, she confirmed on her Instagram account. At approximately 6:30 a.m., agents from the Department of Homeland
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