US Department of Homeland Security officers took a Columbia University student into custody, sparking outrage as local officials claimed the federal agents posed as police officers — complete with fake badges — to gain entry to campus housing.
The raid was launched at the elite school’s Morningside Heights campus around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, with agents making “misrepresentations” to access the student’s apartment and take her into custody, Columbia’s acting president Claire Shipman said in a letter to the school community.