Srinivasan’s situation is part of a broader crackdown by the Trump administration on pro-Palestinian demonstrators through the use of federal immigration powers. She is one of several noncitizens at Columbia University who have been targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent days.

As federal immigration agents turned up at her doorsteps for two consecutive days, Ranjani Srinivasan from Columbia University, who deported herself from the US last week after a fellow Palestinian student was detained,

Elon Musk took to his X profile to promote the CBP Home app assisting in self-deportation shortly after Ranjani Srinivasan relied on the feature.

Ranjani Srinivasan, an international student at Columbia University, fled to Canada after her student visa was revoked, citing fears of federal immigration agents' actions. The Department of Homeland Security accused her of terrorist sympathies without providing evidence,

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,