The arrest follows heavy criticism over the arrest of Muhammed Khalil, a former Columbia student protester and legal resident arrested by immigration agents on Sunday.

Ranjani Srinivasan entered the US on a F-1 student visa as a doctoral student in Urban Planning at Columbia University

Ranjani Srinivasan, a citizen and national of India, entered the United States on a F-1 student visa as a doctoral student in Urban Planning at Columbia University, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Friday.

Srinivasan, an Indian national pursuing a doctorate in Urban Planning at Columbia, departed the US on March 11, after her F-1 student visa was canceled on March 5.

A former Columbia University student involved in the anti-Israel protests used a newly minted app for illegal migrants to self-deport

Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian student studying at Columbia University in the US, had her visa revoked for participating in a pro-Palestine demonstration. The US Department of Homeland Security states that she supported violence and terrorism,

Indian national Ranjani Srinivasan was a doctoral student at Columbia University when her F-1 student visa was revoked for being involved in pro-Palestine activity on campus