Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter in custody amid NYC anti-Israel protests at Columbia University


by Fox News

Fox News— The daughter of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is in police custody in connection with protests at Columbia University on Thursday, law enforcement sources told Fox News.  Isra Hirsi was in the custody of the New York Police Department, sources said. She was put into flex cuffs or zip ties and will face trespassing charges, according to sources. This story is breaking. Please check back for updates.

dailym.ai—Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter, 21, is arrested along with 108-strong anti-Israel mob as NYPD smashes protest encampment at Columbia University: Squad member's wayward child was suspended from college hours earlier. The student daughter of the Democrat Squad member was arrested on Thursday. Isra Hirsi has already been suspended by Barnard College for her role in the protest before she was handcuffed alongside more than 100 pro-Gaza students. Columbia president Nemat Shafik said they posed a 'clear and present danger'

WSTPost—Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter is among 108 protesters arrested at Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian camp as Mayor Eric Adams warns: ‘We will not be a city of lawlessness’. Representative Ilhan Omar's daughter Isra Hirsi was among at least 108 people arrested as police in riot gear moved in to break up the anti-Israel protest that rocked Columbia University in New York.New York City Mayor Eric Adams held a news conference Thursday evening to say that university President Nemat Shafik had asked police to eliminate a "clear and present threat" to campus safety.Tensions had been at their peak since protesters pitched their tents on the university's south lawn at 4...

FOX News—Rep. Ilhan Omar 'proud' of daughter after NYC arrest at anti-Israel protest. U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., praised her daughter Friday, a day after the Ivy League college student was arrested in New York City while participating in an anti-Israel protest.  "I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi," Omar wrote on X.  "She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15, to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16, and now pushing her school...