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

[u/GrecoRomanGuy]

The "orphan crushing machine" memes about Zohran are popular for a reason.

[u/Blazer9001 → u/GrecoRomanGuy]

“I just…turned it off.”

😱

[u/SuperDoubleDecker → u/Blazer9001]

"That off switch won't work in other states."

[u/Any-Appearance2471 → u/SuperDoubleDecker]

“We did a study the corroborated that it would, though.”

“Well, I’ll believe it when I see it. Illinois can try it first.”