Alexander KarnFeb 26

How many more provocations and violations are needed? #HigherEd cannot be neutral.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyregion/columbia-university-ice-student.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PFA.olxi.Rg93aJ1VGnyA&smid=url-share

Columbia Student Is Released From ICE After Mamdani-Trump Meeting

Federal officials had misrepresented themselves to gain access, according to the university. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Trump had told him the student would be let go.

The New York Times
Show threadAlexander KarnFeb 26

My uni has recently issued "Guidance for Employees in the Event of Federal Agents on Campus."

I do not consider this document to be enough. Waiting/preparing for the worst is not an adequate response.

Show threadAlexander KarnFeb 26
Mamdami getting sh*t done. Let’s hope the addled one is playing it straight.
Show threadAlexander KarnFeb 26
The genius of this announcement is that Trump, if he reneges, looks completely impotent.
Show threadAlexander KarnFeb 26
Per NYT.
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A small thing, some might say, but putting this admin on the back foot once means it can be done again. And again. #RMOL
Feb 26 at 10:11pmWeb