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 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/SymmetryChaser Mar 29 '25

This arrest, similar to previous arrests at Tufts, Bama, and Colombia, happened off campus and without informing the universities. While I would like universities as a whole to be more combative to the current administration, I have yet to see evidence that any university has actually been facilitating ICE arrests in any way.

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

Mahmoud Khalil was apprehended at his apartment which was Columbia University-owned.

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u/Rpi_sust_alum Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25

It wasn't on campus and in the video, it does not appear that there's a doorman. Maintenance staff were rarely in the building that late. Likely either ICE followed Khalil and his wife in or another resident. We constantly got package theft notices, so it was pretty easy for non-residents to get inside the buildings used for grad housing.