Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. It was an obscure, 44-word demand toward the end of the Trump administration’s ultimatum to Columbia University this month ordering a dramatic overhaul of admissions and disciplinary rules. But it could prove to have consequences for colleges and universities nationwide. With $400 million in canceled government grants…
Cancer researchers examining the use of artificial intelligence to detect early signs of breast cancer. Pediatricians tracking the long-term health of children born to mothers infected with the coronavirus during pregnancy. Scientists searching for links between diabetes and dementia. All these projects at Columbia University were paid for with federal research grants that were abruptly…
Columbia University has been making headlines since last week. In a recent development, the US Justice Department is investigating whether the university harbored “illegal aliens” on its campus, according to a senior official on Friday. The Trump administration has intensified efforts to deport foreign nationals who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at US universities last year,…
As the Donald Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on foreigners allegedly violating immigration laws, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has endorsed a new mobile application designed for self-deportation. Musk’s endorsement came a week after Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian student at Columbia University, self-deported from the US using the CBP Home App, becoming one of the first…
The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning. Three federal immigration agents showed up at a Columbia University apartment searching for Ranjani Srinivasan, who had recently learned her student visa had been revoked. Ms. Srinivasan, an international student from India, did not open the door. She was not home…
A second person who took part in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by U.S. immigration agents, after overstaying a student visa, federal officials said on Friday, the latest turn in the crisis engulfing the Ivy League institution. The person, identified by the authorities as Leqaa Kordia, is Palestinian and from the West…
The US Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the Gaza war violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Friday. Blanche said the investigation is also looking into civil rights violations tied to the demonstrations that roiled the New York campus last year. Blanche, the Justice Department’s…
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that an Indian doctoral student from Columbia University, whose visa was revoked for supporting Hamas, has self-deported using the CBP Home App. Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian national and doctoral student in Urban Planning at Columbia University, entered the United States on a F-1 student visa. According to…
Immigration officials have arrested a second person who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and have revoked the visa of another student, they announced Friday. Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was arrested by immigration officers for overstaying her student visa, the Department of Homeland Security said. Kordia’s visa was terminated in…
FILE (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) Columbia University has been at the center of controversy over the past week, following its announcement of disciplinary actions against students who occupied a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring. According to Reuters, the university has imposed a range of punishments, including multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and…