After Mayor Mamdani asked President Trump to let Ellie Aghayeva go, she announced her release from federal custody shortly ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Trump administration on Thursday afternoon was set to release a Columbia University student detained earlier in the day by federal Department of ...

Columbia University student Ellie Aghayeva from Azerbaijan detained by DHS sparks controversy over immigration enforcement, ...

Ellie Aghayeva had documented an intensive, 10-hour study session in the Columbia University library Wednesday night, sharing with her sizeable social media following how she prepares for an exam and ...

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 ...

The arrest of Columbia University senior Ellie Aghayeva injected fresh urgency to efforts by local officials to prepare the ...

Acting President Claire Shipman said DHS agents entered a Columbia Residential building at approximately 6:30 a.m. and took a student into custody.

The officers had misrepresented who they were and said they were on campus looking for a missing person, school and city officials said.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Elmina “Ellie” Aghayeva, GS ’26, in a Columbia Residential building Thursday morning, after acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ...

Columbia student Ellie Aghayeva has been released from ICE custody after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he secured assurances from President Trump during an Oval Office meeting.

Mamdani said Thursday that President Trump assured him that a Columbia University student detained earlier in the day “will be released imminently.” ...

The Columbia student arrested by ICE agents inside her dorm was released hours later following an intervention from President Donald Trump, who was apparently ...