DOZENS of pro-Palestine protesters have been arrested after they occupied part of the main library at Columbia University in New York. 

Demonstrators pushed their way into Butler Library on Wednesday, with videos posted on social media showing many wearing keffiyehs and face coverings as they chanted and defied restrictions imposed by the Trump administration following a wave of campus protests last year.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the visa statuses of those involved would be reviewed.