Columbia student arrested by DHS agents who posed as police officers

Acting university president says agents misrepresented themselves to gain entry to the residential buildingSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA Columbia University student was arrested on Thursday by federal immigration officers who apparently misrepresented themselves by posing as New York police officers looking for a missing child in order to to gain entry to a residential building to make the apprehension.The acting president of the elite institution in New York City, Claire Shipman, wrote in a statement sent to the wider Columbia community on Thursday that the university was working to gather more information on the incident earlier that morning. Continue reading...