Columbia students reported feeling threatened when masked protesters stormed the campus library, chanted anti-Israel slogans, and mocked the Israeli hostage crisis.

At least 80 people were detained Wednesday after Columbia University called in the police during a pro-Palestinian protest, the New York Police Department told Axios.The big picture: Demonstrators occupied part of the university's main library,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the takeover of Columbia University's library by pro-Palestinian protesters on Wednesday could lead to deportations.