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ICE agents pretended to be New York Police Department officers to get into Columbia housing, a member of the New York city council said.

A Columbia student detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday morning has been released from federal immigration custody.

Elmina Aghayeva, a neuroscience researcher and influencer from Azerbaijan, took to social media to thank her supporters hours after her arrest caused an uproar on campus.

“I am so grateful for everyone of you,” Aghayeva wrote in an Instagram story posted on Thursday afternoon. “I just got out a little while ago. I am safe and okay.”