"The agents gained entry by stating they were police searching for a missing child, adding that CCTV cameras had captured the agents in a hallway showing pictures of the alleged child. In a message to her 100,000 followers on Instagram, where she documents her life as an immigrant student, Aghayeva wrote: DHS illegally arrested me. Please help."
"A DHS spokesperson was cited by the Associated Press news agency as saying Aghayeva's student visa had been terminated in 2016 for failing to attend classes, describing her as an illegal alien against whom removal proceedings had been launched. But Aghayeva's lawyers said she had entered the United States legally in 2016 and filed a petition at Manhattan Federal Court stating that she was being wrongly held in detention without justification."
"In our meeting earlier, I shared my concerns about Columbia student Elmina Aghayeva, who was detained by ICE this morning. Mayor Mamdani wrote on social media later on Thursday, saying that he had just got off the phone with Trump who has just informed me she would be released."
Elmina Aghayeva, a senior neuroscience and politics student from Azerbaijan at Columbia University, was arrested by ICE agents in Manhattan who gained entry to her apartment by falsely claiming to be police searching for a missing child. The DHS claimed her student visa was terminated in 2016 for failing to attend classes and labeled her an illegal alien with pending removal proceedings. However, Aghayeva's legal team disputed this, stating she entered legally and filed a petition challenging her detention. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani raised the issue during a meeting with President Trump regarding housing policy, and Aghayeva was subsequently released after Trump indicated she would be freed.
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