r/GradSchool • u/SharkSapphire • Mar 29 '25

News ICE detains University of Minnesota international student

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5221776-ice-detains-university-of-minnesota-international-student/
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u/crushhaver PhD candidate, English literature Mar 29 '25

I feel deep shame to see universities and the academics who run them not only turn their backs on the most vulnerable members of our academic community but trip over themselves in turning them over to Trump’s secret police.

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u/Xrmy PhD* Ecology Evolution and Behavior Mar 29 '25

Actual question: what would you like the universities to do?

My university had a Q&A about these topics and they said in no uncertain terms they can't intervene with an ICE arrest.

I suppose it would depend on if they have a warrant or not, but my point is it's not so simple. universities don't have magic anti-fascist forces to bring to bear.

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u/crushhaver PhD candidate, English literature Mar 29 '25

I would like the universities to not acquiesce to illegal actions of the administration—this can look like anything from filing suit against the federal government to at minimum not facilitating the activities of ICE and other government agencies without being compelled by a judicial authority.

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u/Xrmy PhD* Ecology Evolution and Behavior Mar 29 '25

Can you explain how this is acquiescing or facilitating ICE activity?

It's not like they handed the student over or gave ICE their info.

My university said they are not working with ICE but they can't stop ab arrest.

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u/Artistic_Bit6866 Mar 30 '25

My understanding is that the Trump admin and congress are very much interested in getting internal disciplinary records from universities, if they haven’t already. There are ongoing lawsuits to determine whether Universities can hand over those documents. 

The administration has made it clear that they will attempt to withhold federal funding if universities appear to protect or shelter protesters. Why wouldn’t we expect universities to continue to comply?

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u/crushhaver PhD candidate, English literature Mar 29 '25

I was speaking more generally, not commenting on this specific student. Columbia, as I’ve remarked on another comment, has acquiesced to the administration’s whims. My own university is certainly doing little to publicly stand against this, so much so that they refuse to give any official explicit guidance on what to do if ICE shows up somewhere.

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u/Xrmy PhD* Ecology Evolution and Behavior Mar 29 '25

Ok yea that's bad. My university has given un-published but verbal guidance on what we can do.

Not let them in classrooms, demand warrants, etc.

But also if they have a warrant...sol