Unlawful detentions of legal residents has skyrocketed
Detentions have increased so much, the news is having trouble documenting them all
Arrests of students on college campuses has now become a daily occurrence. Besides students, we are now hearing regular news that certain US Citizens are being detained for extended period of time without any charges. This article aims to highlight recent cases, besides the high profile ones in the news cycle, to better explain the scale at which these kidnappings are happening.
All current known detainments
University of Minnesota Student - Mar 31, 2025
An unknown graduate student has been detained over the weekend. We do not currently know the name or location of this person. A spokesperson has said he was part of the Carlson School of Management. The only other evidence was put out by the university:
Dear students, faculty and staff,
We are writing to inform you about a deeply concerning situation involving one of our international graduate students at the University of Minnesota.
We learned that, on March 27 at an off-campus residence, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained a graduate student enrolled on our Twin Cities campus. We are actively working to gather more details about this incident.
Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/university-minnesota-says-graduate-student-was-detained-ice-rcna198741
Xiaofeng Wang - Mar 30, 2025 (reported)
Tenured professor and prominent computer scientist at Indiana University has been arrested around two weeks ago and there is still no information regarding her whereabouts. Indiana University has quietly erased his profile, email account, and phone number from all university databases. The person’s immigration status is unknown.
Searches of federal court dockets turned up no documents related to Wang, Ma, or any searches of their residences. The FBI spokeswoman didn't answer questions seeking which US district court issued the warrant and when, and whether either Wang or Ma is being detained by authorities… Their resident status (e.g. US citizens or green card holders) is currently unknown.
Article: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/
Alireza Doroudi - March 27, 2025
Federal immigration agents have detained a University of Alabama doctoral student and was taken into custody by ICE at 3 a.m. Thursday at his home. Not only has Doroudi been here legally under the F-1 student visa, no federal charges have been filed against Doroudi, according to a search of federal court records. His current location is currently unknown.
Article: https://apnews.com/article/campus-protests-immigration-alireza-doroudi-alabama-ae498838deb04b22864ef485a71bac27
Rumeysa Ozturk - Mar 25, 2025
This has been probably one of the more recently highly publicized cases, as security camera footage has come out of Ozturk being arrested on the street by plain-clothed officers. Ozturk, a PhD student at a Massachusetts university’s graduate school of arts and sciences, is in the U.S. legally on an F-1 student visa. She was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Tuesday outside her apartment in Somerville while on her way to an Iftar dinner to break her Ramadan fast with friends, according to her attorney and activists. A judge had ordered Ozturk to not be removed from the state of Massachusetts, but the DOJ agents informed the judge that she has already been removed to Louisiana. She is currently being held at a detention facility.
300 Student Visas Revoked - Mar, 2025
More than 300 foreign students have had their student visas revoked in the past three weeks, personally by Marco Rubio without any cause or justification. When asked about this, Marco Rubio said:
So we’ll revoke your visa; and once your visa is revoked, you’re illegally in the country and you have to leave… At some point I hope we run out because we’ve gotten rid of all of them, but we’re looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up.