A student at Columbia University was detained Thursday 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 it has been confirmed to be Ellie Aghayeva, an undergraduate neuroscience student who was expected to graduate this year. She was taken from her dorm room at the school’s New York City campus at 6:30 am.


Everyone under 30 needs a side hustle to make ends meet, especially in a school as godawful expensive as Columbia.
Neuroscience by day, OnlyFans by night, because otherwise you’re living out of your mom’s car in a Staten Island trailer park.
When your side hustle is making money for meta, my level of give a fuck goes way down.
Of course I think this is awful. No excuse for what ice did, but damn.
Obviously, anyone who isn’t making their social media accounts exclusively Mastadon should be dragged out into the street and shot.
Bullshit. I am commenting directly on this:
Her participation drives revenue, ads, and people to this platform. She is part of the problem.
Again: I think what ice did, and is doing, is awful. And I am not being completely serious, I was joking because I hate “influencers” to some degree. But I hate meta more for what they are doing. It all just makes me shake my head, this is not a secret, she had to have known.
Found the meta supporter.
Way to not contribute. And people wonder why we are in this mess.
Bro stop digging.
I am against ICE doing these things and the companies spreading propaganda to normalize it. But apparently stopping from using meta products is just a bridge too far. Sad.
Jfc buddy. Get a grip already.