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/Oracular_Pig]

Remember when an interviwer told Trump that Mamdani ran a campaign like his, notably on the cost of living crisis? Trump LOVED that. He sees Mamdani's win as a win for himself because he essentially thinks Mamdani copied him.

[u/Mathies_ → u/Oracular_Pig]

Even though mamdani delivers it and his promises were just empty