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Minnesota officials seek answers in case of graduate student detained by ICE
University of Minnesota leaders say ICE detained the international student Thursday at an off-campus residence for unknown reasons.
University of Minnesota leaders say ICE detained the international student Thursday at an off-campus residence for unknown reasons.
A few cases of visas being revoked, including those of Tufts University and University of Alabama students, were in the spotlight this week.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration has revoked the visas of at least 300 people, including Ozturk: “We do it every day."
Vice President JD Vance is to remove “improper ideology” from Smithsonian Institution museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo.
A federal judge ordered 30-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk not be moved out of Massachusetts and gave the government until Friday to respond.
The Trump administration pulled $400 million in federal funding over how the university handled protests against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to dismantle the Department of Education.
The student loans will be reassigned immediately, the president said.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian set a hearing in the case for Tuesday.
Completing its dismantling is most likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979.
