Federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided two Columbia University dorm rooms Thursday night, the school said in a statement.
The news comes days after federal agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University alumnus, allegedly for organizing pro-Palestinian activity on campus. Khalil has not been charged with a crime.
DHS agents conducted searches of two student rooms after serving the university with two warrants signed by a federal magistrate judge allowing agents to access non-public areas of the school, Columbia interim president Katrina Armstrong wrote in a statement Thursday.
Armstrong said she was "heartbroken" by the development but confirmed that "no one was arrested or detained. No items were removed, and no further action was taken."
Armstrong noted the school was legally obliged to comply with the warrants but said that "University Public Safety was present at all times."
Columbia University has been under intense scrutiny from the Trump administration — which slashed the school's funding earlier this month — for allegedly failing to address antisemitism on campus.
Posted by John3262005
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Iiteral stormtrooper Nazi shit
Trump’s America: Where you get can get imprisoned for not liking Israel but get to be president while supporting the destruction of Canada.
Read like nine students got expelled which is fine. Expel trespassing antisemites *but* also read like six graduated students got their degrees revoked…that’s weird. Students who paid money for classes already. Idk I’ve never heard of that before
The fuck?