India, Feb. 26 -- Ellie Aghayeva, a Columbia University student, claimed on social media that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents arrested her "illegally" from the campus on Thursday. Claire Shipman, the president of Columbia University in New York City, said that DHS agents raided the campus pretending to search for a "missing person" and arrested the student around 6:30 a.m.

Shipman, however, did not identify the student in a statement released to the university community. The Columbia Spectator, the university's newspaper, however, confirmed the student's identity as Aghayeva and noted that she was arrested from her university-owned residence.

Notably, the Columbia Spectator confirmed that Aghayeva is a foreign student s...