Agents from the Department of Homeland Security conducted searches in two Columbia University students’ rooms on Thursday night, marking the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on some American universities. The university’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, addressed the school community in a statement, saying she was “heartbroken” to inform them that “there were federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in two University residences tonight”. Armstrong confirmed that no arrests were made, no items were removed and no further action was taken at the private Ivy League college in New York. Armstrong explained that the DHS had...