Department of Homeland Security officials conducted the search as the Trump administration sought to deport a former student and pro-Palestinian activist.

Federal agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security searched two dorm rooms at Columbia University on Thursday night, as a recent grad and Palestinian activist faces potential deportation.

Department of Homeland Security agents searched two dorm rooms at Columbia University Thursday night, the school said, a move that comes less than a week after the federal arrest of former grad

Federal agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student who played a major role in last year's protests at Columbia University, students said.

According to the sources, it was part of the Trump administration's crackdown on individuals it has described as espousing the views of Hamas.

The Trump administration has told Columbia University that it must make a series of policy changes as a precondition for talks on restoring $400 million in federal funding, adding fresh pressure in its crackdown on schools where pro-Palestinian protests flourished last year.

Columbia Interim President Katrina Armstrong said Thursday that the agents had search warrants and no one was arrested or detained in the student resident search.

Federal agents searched two student residences at Columbia University, its interim president said, a week after immigration agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of last year's campus protests, who the Trump administration wants to deport.