The University of Missouri declined to comment when asked if the president's rhetoric about "illegal protests" would shape how protestors are treated on campus.

Immigration agents took a second student involved in the Columbia University demonstrations into custody just days after recent Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil was detained. Today Khalil’s legal team released a blurred video of his arrest,

Scores of people poured into the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City on Thursday to protest the arrest and detention of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, whom the Trump administration aims to deport over his pro-Palestinian activism.

The Trump administration is embarking on a massive university speech crackdown, starting with Columbia University, where it’s demanding external control of entire departments and punishment for student activists.