The president, Katrina Armstrong, resigned effective immediately, and the school’s board chair, journalist Claire Shipman, has been appointed interim president. Armstrong had replaced Columbia’s former president, Minouche Shafik, who resigned in August.

The departure comes a week after Columbia caved to Trump’s demands in order to start the process of restoring its federal funding.

Protests against Columbia University are breaking out after the school agreed to the Trump administration's demands to change its policies to restore federal funding. NBC News' Maya Eaglin reports on reactions from students and alumni from the School of International and Public Affairs.

A group of lawmakers wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons to call for Ozturk’s release.

A judge ruled on Friday afternoon that a Tufts graduate student detained by federal immigration authorities cannot be deported while her case is being decided.

Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil will remain behind bars in Louisiana at least until a U.S. judge decides whether the Palestinian activist should challenge his imprisonment in a federal court there or in New Jersey.

A judge on Thursday declined to immediately block the U.S. government from taking steps to deport a Cornell University student whose visa was revoked over his participation in campus demonstrations.

A federal judge in Boston ordered the Trump administration on Friday not to deport a Tufts University graduate student who was detained by ICE agents this week.