Days after federal immigration agents showed up to her apartment prompting her to leave the country out of fear she would be taken into custody, Ranjani Srinivasan is disputing the Trump administration’s account of her story.

Between classes, when throngs of students stream into and out of Columbia University’s campus, the security lines can back up like a TSA checkpoint. There’s a switch-back path of metal fencing that leads into a white tent, where two sets of guards check and then swipe campus ID cards before letting students in and out.

Nationwide protests are planned this weekend after Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student activist, was arrested by immigration authorities, fueling tensions between the Trump administration and student movements over immigration policy.

Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied a campus building last spring during pro-Palestinian protests. The announcement came a week after

Columbia University announced Thursday it has suspended, expelled and revoked the degrees of students involved in the seizure of a

The university’s escalation in disciplinary action comes as campus tensions are at a recent high following the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.

Mahmoud Khalil, a 29-year-old legal resident of the United States, was arrested and detained by federal agents Sunday, after his green card was revoked by the Trump administration.

Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests in Spring 2024 and temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.

New York City Councilmember Vickie Paladino joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss the arrest of pro-Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil, and the Trump administration's crackdown on anti-Israel protests.