Glad that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was able to make this happen but also letโs not normalize a system in which the secret police kidnap students and then they are released only because the mayor makes a call to the president.
Mayor Mamdani secured the studentโs immediate release, but this doesnโt change the fact that Columbia University allowed this to happen.
as good an outcome as possible, good for mamdani using his authority like this.
also, it's a clear sign of the lawlessness ICE & trump engage in, such that trump's discretion is all that matters. thinking of the countless numbers of detainees who don't get this kind of call.
JUST IN: Mamdani Gets Trump to Release Columbia Student From ICE Detention. I told you we Muslims have special powers like Obi-Wan Kenobi. And our powers are strongest during Ramadan! www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
February 26, 2026 Dear members of the Columbia community: This morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered a Columbia Residential building and detained a student. We are working to gather more information, working to reach the family, and providing legal support. Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a "missing person." We are working to gather more details. It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including
It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including housing, classrooms, and areas requiring CUID swipe access. An administrative warrant is not sufficient. If law enforcement agents seek entry to non-public areas of the University, ask the agents to wait to enter any non-public areas until contacting Public Safety. Public Safety will contact the Office of the General Counsel to coordinate the University's response. Do not allow them to enter or accept service of a warrant or subpoena. We will update our community as additional information becomes available. Sincerely,
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained a student.
"Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.'"
This is why you can't really collaborate with the feds under any circumstances. If your policy is "we will only collaborate with them when it's unrelated to civil immigration enforcement" then the Trump administration will just lie about what they're doing!
BREAKING: Columbia student kidnapped by DHS!
Early this morning, DHS agents entered a Columbia Residential building under the guise of searching for a โmissing personโ and abducted a student without any intervention. This took place just one day after our ICE off Campus rally. ๐งต
UPDATE: Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal says that "ICE used a phony missing persons bulletin for a 5 year old girl," to lie and get into a Columbia residential building and detain a student.
"It is unconfirmed at this time whether they impersonated an officer to do so," he adds.
An Azerbajani undergrad at Columbia was arrested by DHS agents who lied their way into her campus housing, according to acting prez and legal filings seeking her release reviewed by @thecity.nyc. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/26/e...
Ellie Aghayeva
this is the columbia student DHS abducted today by pretending to be nypd looking for a "missing person." she's a neuroscience major + influencer w 104k followers who promotes content about studying and neuro stuff.
she is one of the scary people that trump says he is protecting us from.
DHS agents are said to have misrepresented who they were in order to detain a student in a Columbia University residential building this morning. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/02...
Emergency protest happening now outside Columbia University after ICE agents used a โbogus missing persons flyer for a 5-year old girlโ to gain access to a school-owned residence to detain a student.
That student posted to her instagram this morning: โDHS illegally arrested me. Please help.โ
An image of an official announcement from Columbia University in the City of New York, dated February 26, 2026. The letter is signed by Claire Shipman, Acting President. The text states that at 6:30 a.m. that morning, Department of Homeland Security agents entered a Columbia Residential building and detained a student, allegedly using misrepresentations about searching for a "missing person" to gain entry. The announcement reiterates university policy that law enforcement must have a judicial warrant or subpoena to access non-public areas, noting that an administrative warrant is insufficient. It instructs community members to ask agents to wait and to contact Public Safety if they seek entry to such areas. The university notes it is working to gather details, reach the student's family, and provide legal support.
Columbia University just emailed affiliates letting them know that federal agents from DHS abducted a student this morning from a campus residence under false pretenses and with no warrant or probable cause.
So despite the ICE abduction this morning, Columbia didnโt take any steps to cancel classes or move them remote. No idea how noncitizen community members are supposed to feel safe showing up to study or work today.
ICE raided a Columbia University dorm this morning and kidnapped someone after using false pretenses to enter the building without a warrant.
ICE impersonated the NYPD to kidnap an undergrad.
Yet @columbiauniversity.bsky.social refuses to keep cops off campus.
Breaking News: Immigration agents arrested a Columbia University student after misrepresenting themselves to access a building, the school said. nyti.ms/4u2Z0xw
DHS Just arrested another student from Columbia Housing.
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social says that they did not authorize this - but we know that they are complicit & carceral.
ALL OUT TO COLUMBIA GATES TODAY AT NOON.
Columbia University reporting that DHS lied to gain admission into a residential building at 6:30am today and detained a student.
The government needs a signed judicial warrant to enter private spaces, and Columbia themselves admit it does not appear DHS had one.
Let's be clear. This is fascism.
Columbia says DHS entered a dorm at dawn today under false pretenses, detaining a student in violation of the law and university policy.
A man walks past soldiers saying โThis deal keeps getting worse all the time!โ Lando Calrissian from โThe Empire Strikes Backโ
Columbia University:
ICE just kidnapped a Columbia student from their dorm. ICE off campus now.
Almost a year later, and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social seems to have zero security protocols in place to prevent their students from being kidnapped.
Only the PR has improved.
A bit more on this disturbing development in the Spectator's reporting. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/02...
10 hour study with me at Columbia showing lunch
Her in the library
DHS illegally arrested me please help Text against image of her knees
Columbia student detained today is a day-in-the-life influencer with 100K followers. Her stories right now go from her studying for a Genetics exam in a nicely edited "ten hour study with me at Columbia" video, to a photo of her knees with the caption "dhs illegally arrested me please help"
This barbaric DHS murder is far more typical in method than its street executions.
DHS dropped Nurul Shah Alamโan elderly, blind Burmese refugee who doesn't speak Englishโon a random street in dead of winter. No family notification. Left to die of exposure. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
Weโre encouraged by the many Columbia affiliates speaking out in this letter against the Universityโs repression of Palestinian voices. As we mobilize for a strike, SWC remains committed to the fight for academic freedom for all members of our community.
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2026...
Social movements fail more than they succeed.
But, "failure" is also never actually "failure" because you create relationships/ networks/ ties that exist that did not exist before.
Ex. Palestine protests didn't succeed at divestment, or ending genocide, but w/o them Zohran wouldn't be elected.
