US arrests second student, imposes ‘receivership’ on Columbia University

The administration of President Donald Trump has arrested a second student protester and set a deadline for Columbia University, one of the most prestigious campuses in the United States, to cede control of one of its academic departments. In a news release on Friday, the Department of Homeland Security accused Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian student at Columbia, of overstaying her F-1 student visa.

Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from New York.

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