Federal immigration brokers have detained a College of Alabama doctoral pupil who’s a citizen of Iran, in response to the college and ICE information.
Alireza Doroudi, a doctoral pupil from Iran learning mechanical engineering, is presently being held in a detention facility, however ICE information don’t record the place he’s being held.
The rationale for his detention was not instantly clear.
College Of Alabama signage on the College Of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on July 5, 2018.
Raymond Boyd/Getty Pictures
“The College of Alabama not too long ago realized {that a} doctoral pupil has been detained off campus by federal immigration authorities,” the college stated in a press release. “Federal privateness legal guidelines restrict what will be shared about a person pupil. Worldwide college students learning on the College are valued members of the campus neighborhood, and Worldwide Pupil and Scholar Providers is accessible to help worldwide college students who’ve questions.”
“UA has and can proceed to observe all immigration legal guidelines and cooperate with federal authorities,” it stated.
It was not instantly clear whether or not he had secured authorized illustration.
Doroudi’s Linkedin web page says he’s a “educated metallurgy engineer with over ten years of educational expertise in Supplies Science, welding, and brazing.”
The Autherine Lucy Clock Tower on the Malone Hood Plaza stands in entrance of Foster Auditorium on the College of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 16, 2019.
Invoice Sikes/AP
Doroudi is one among a number of faculty college students to not too long ago be detained by ICE.
Tufts College Ph.D. pupil Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish nationwide, was arrested by immigration authorities as she was headed to satisfy her buddies and break her quick on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by ICE. Khalil had been one of many leaders of pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia College final spring.
Khalil was taken from his pupil residence constructing in decrease Manhattan, after which to an immigration detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, earlier than being transferred to Louisiana.
President Donald Trump claimed Khalil was a “Radical International Professional-Hamas Pupil” and stated that is the “first arrest of many to return” in a submit on his Reality Social platform this month.
“We are going to discover, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our nation — by no means to return once more,” he added.
Khalil and his legal professionals have denied he helps Hamas or has any ties to the group.
A second pupil concerned with the protests at Columbia College was additionally arrested by the Division of Homeland Safety this month.
Leqaa Korda was arrested by brokers from Homeland Safety Investigations for allegedly overstaying her expired visa — which terminated on Jan. 26, 2022. Korda was additionally allegedly arrested in 2024 for her involvement within the protests, in response to DHS.
