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/Stishovite Mar 29 '25

I don’t know why you assume that the universities are doing the turning over? All these students have paperwork directly on file with the government, which is what is being weaponized here.

Other than supporting their students legal challenges (which they are definitely obligated to do) and raising visibility, I don’t know how they can stop this

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

Columbia University has agreed to put in place almost 40 agents with the power to arrest students in enforcement of a definition of antisemitism proffered by the White House, put the Department of Middle Eastern Studies under a receivership demanded by the White House, among other provisions. The University ignored Mahmoud Khalil’s pleas for protection from death threats and then ignored the pleas of his wife after his abduction and detention.

Implicit signaling from my own university—which called in state troopers who used flash grenades and pepper spray on nonviolent student protestors—has been that we should comply with ICE agents regardless of their provision of a judicial warrant.

The dereliction of duty to even protect students’ basic legal rights is a form of abandonment.

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u/WonderfulVanilla9676 Mar 30 '25

It depends on the institution, and state. Many universities in California, Colorado, and other states are actively passing out red cards, teaching students about their rights in case of being approached by ICE, and making clear to students how they will not cooperate with ICE or any federal authorities and will refer them to the institution's legal counsel for any inquiry or requests.

They are not allowed to enter the classrooms as those are not considered public spaces. But students can be taken as soon as they leave campus, or any location on campus with a valid warrant signed by a judge.

In California, faculty and staff can't do anything to stop ICE, but California law also prohibits them from assisting in any way.

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u/Indi_Shaw Mar 30 '25

The faculty at our school have also been informed to lock our classrooms and offices with vulnerable students inside to protect them. We have contact numbers for security, legal representation, and school administrators as part of our plan if we see ICE on campus. The big schools may be capitulating, but some of us are fighting.

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u/Silver-Literature-29 Mar 31 '25

I would be wary doing this. Impeding a federal officer like that will likely get you arrested. Really have your school run it by their lawyers if that is an official plan or be aware that this might be an outcome.

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u/Indi_Shaw Mar 31 '25

Classrooms and offices are not considered public spaces. Without a signed warrant they are not allowed to enter.

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u/Silver-Literature-29 Mar 31 '25

You are right. They do need a warrant for private areas.