Columbia Student Detained by ICE Released After Mamdani–Trump Meeting

A Columbia University student arrested by federal agents Thursday morning in a university-owned residential building was released later in the day after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Donald Trump in Washington. Mamdani visited the White House on Feb. 26 for a previously scheduled meeting, where he discussed with Trump Columbia University student Elmina Aghayeva’s detention. The mayor also requested the administration dismiss the cases of four additional students at the meeting. Following the meeting, Mamdani announced that Trump had told him Aghayeva would be released in short order. “Just got off the phone with President Trump,” the mayor wrote on X. “In our meeting earlier, I shared my concerns about Columbia student Elmina Aghayeva, who was detained by ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] this morning. He has just informed me that she will be released imminently.”...