Columbia University says US immigration agents lied to detain student

Administrators say agents ‘made misrepresentations’, claimed missing person search to detain woman at school building.

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Condemnation has poured in after Columbia University in New York said United States immigration enforcement agents “made misrepresentations” to gain access to one of the school’s residential buildings to detain a student.

A statement from Columbia University’s acting president, Claire Shipman, said federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered the building about 6:30am (13:30 GMT) on Thursday.

Columbia University says US immigration agents lied to detain student

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