Ice used ‘false pretenses’ for warrant to hunt for Columbia students, lawyers say

Ice used warrant application as pretext' to try to arrest two students in order to deport them

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) effectively misled a judge in order to gain access to the homes of students it sought to arrest for their pro-Palestinian activism, attorneys say.

A recently unsealed search warrant application shows that Ice told a judge it needed a warrant because the agency was investigating Columbia University for harboring aliens". In reality, attorneys say, Ice used the warrant application as a pretext" to try to arrest two students, including one green card holder, in order to deport them.