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,

Marco Rubio criticised the takeover at Columbia University's library. Pro-Palestinian protesters were involved. The visa status of foreign students is under review. Protesters occupied the library. They were demonstrating against university's alleged complicity.