Federal agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student who played a major role in last year's protests at Columbia University, students said.

Columbia University student has been arrested by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with Homeland Security Investigations in connection with President Trump’s crackdown, while another had her student visa revoked and self-deported,

Federal agents searched two student residences at Columbia University, its interim president said, a week after immigration agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of last year's campus protests, who the Trump administration wants to deport.