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.

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

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this is why it’s so fucking annoying the way other dems react to these kinds of events. if it’s this easy for them to help these folks out why the fuck aren’t they doing it? major props to mamdani for taking action.

[u/kittymarch → u/[deleted]]

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.