Ellie Aghayeva/Getty Images A student at Columbia University was detained Thuesday morning by federal immigration officers. Columbia University President Claire Shipman said that “federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a ‘missing person.’” The school’s campus has been closed to outsiders since 2024. The president did not name the student, but School of General Studies Dean Lisa Rosen-Mestch confirmed that the student was Ellie Aghayeva, an undergraduate neuroscience student. She was taken from her dorm room at the school’s New York City campus at 6:30 am. Read more at The Daily Beast.