ICE detains international grad student at University of Minnesota in latest federal crackdown
Immigration authorities took an international student at the University of Minnesota into custody in the latest crackdown on foreign students and staff at US colleges.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained the unidentified student at an off-campus residence last Thursday, according to Fox News.The graduate student was enrolled at the Carlson School of Management at the school’s Twin Cities campus.It was not immediately clear why the student was detained or what country they were from.
The arrest sparked protests in downtown Minneapolis over the weekend.“The University had no prior knowledge of this incident and did not share any information with federal authorities before it occurred,” said the University of Minnesota, calling the incident “deeply concerning” in a statement.Minnesota Gov.Tim Walz remarked on the detention in an X post on Friday.“I just spoke with Homeland Security to get more information and I will share when I learn more,” Walz said.
“The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research.We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers.”Under the Trump administration — and the aegis of hard-nosed border czar Tom Homan — several foreign-born students have been targeted by immigration authorities in recent weeks.The first such arrest was Mahmoud Khalil, 30, a Syrian-born former graduate student at Columbia University of Palestinian ethnicity, who was arrested March 8 in a university-owned apartment after helping organize a series of virulent anti-Israel protests dating back to last spring.Khalil, who held a student visa and a green card, is now locked up at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana and is fighting attempts by the administration to deport him.Yunseo Chung, a Columbia junior with permanent US resident status who emigrated from South Korea with her family at age 7, faced threats of deportation after her arrest at an anti-Israel protest at Bar...