Khalil’s representatives said that ICE’s refusal stood in contrast to the agency’s directives encouraging contact visits and preserving parental rights.

Acting President Claire Shipman said attacks on institutions of learning are tantamount to attacks on American democracy.

New York police intervened after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the university’s main library Wednesday evening.

Freed Columbia University protester Mohsen Mahdawi was allowed to stride across the graduation stage Monday — just three weeks after being cut loose from an immigration jail. The 34-year-old, who was draped in a keffiyeh, paused in the middle of the stage as he listened to some of his fellow grads cheer him on.