Department of Homeland Security agents executed search warrants on two Columbia University residences on Thursday evening, just days after recent graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by immigration authorities, according to a statement from the university.
Katrina Armstrong, the university’s interim president, said that no arrests were made, no items were removed, and no further action was needed from authorities. She said that DHS served the university with judicial search warrants signed by a federal magistrate judge to conduct the search.
“Our University Public Safety was present at all times,” Armstrong added. “Columbia continues to make every effort to ensure that our campus, students, faculty, and staff are safe. Columbia is committed to upholding the law, and we expect city, state, and federal agencies to do the same.”
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