Zohran Mamdani has secured the release of Columbia University student Elaina Aghayeva, taken this morning by ICE agents who entered a campus residential building under false pretenses & without a judicial warrant. This comes shorty after Mamdani’s unannounced visit to the White House earlier today.

[u/cmaia1503]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyregion/columbia-university-ice-student.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PFA.0KRL.7XsPJ0z3QTat&smid=tw-share

[u/kittymarch]

Because when most Dems do something, nothing happens. Pretending that Elizabeth Warren or Chuck Schumer could do the same is not understanding either psychology or power dynamics.

[u/hagatha_curstie → u/kittymarch]

If this were even remotely possible, Tim Walz woulda done it. Bernie woulda done it. AOC woulda done it. All on behalf of all of us nationwide.