Homeland Security raids Columbia University dorms but no arrests made

The big picture: DHS agents conducted searches of two student rooms after serving the university with two warrants signed by a federal magistrate judge allowing agents to access non-public areas of the school, Columbia interim president Katrina Armstrong wrote in a statement Thursday.

• Armstrong said she was "heartbroken" by the development but confirmed that "no one was arrested or detained. No items were removed, and no further action was taken."
• Armstrong noted the school was legally obliged to comply with the warrants but said that "University Public Safety was present at all times."

DHS did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

Zoom out: Columbia University has been under intense scrutiny from the Trump administration — which slashed the school's funding earlier this month — for allegedly failing to address antisemitism on campus.

• The school was the epicenter of last year's campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
• Khalil's arrest has sparked public outcry and protests.

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