Nahla Al-Arian visits the pro-Palestinian protesters encampment on the campus of Columbia University, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in New York. (Laila Al-Arian via AP)
Pro Palestinian students lock arms, sing and chant as they braced for New York Police Department officers to raid campus after Columbia University President Minouche Shafik called on the NYPD to dismantle encampments and remove individuals from Hamilton Hall, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in New York. (Seyma Bayram via AP)
Pro-Palestianian protesters gather near a main gate at Columbia University in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, just before New York City police officers cleared the area after a building was taken over by protesters earlier in the day. The building and a tent encampment were cleared during the operation. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
FILE - Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian is seen, Jan. 16, 2009, outside federal court in Alexandria, Va. Nahla Al-Arian told The Associated Press on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, that New York City Mayor Eric Adams had misstated both her role in the Columbia University protests and the facts about her husband, Sami Al-Arian, a former computer engineering professor and prominent Palestinian activist. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall, Dec. 12, 2023, in New York. Before police officers poured into Columbia University on Tuesday night, April 30, 2024, arresting more than 100 people as they cleared an occupied school building and tent encampment, Adams received a piece of intelligence he said shifted his thinking about the campus demonstrations over the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)
Officers with the New York Police Department stand outside Columbia University's Hamilton Hall as they disperse Pro-Palestine students and protestors occupying Hamilton Hall on Tuesday evening, April 30, 2024 in New York. Members of the occupation took over Hamilton Hall in the early hours of Tuesday morning. (Seyma Bayram via AP)