In the latest case of ICE arrest, Iranian student Alireza Doroudi has been detained by the Fed agents, the University of Alabama, where he is studying mechanical engineering, confirmed. But ICE records do not show which facility he has been taken to. The reason for his detention was also not clear immediately. Doroudi’s Linkedin page says he is a “trained metallurgy engineer with over ten years of academic experience in Materials Science, welding, and brazing.”
Doroudi is one of the many Alabama students detained by ICE. He was arrested from his off-campus home in Tuscaloosa Tuesday, the university’s student-run paper The Crimson White reported. The report said Doroudi entered the US in January 2023 but learned six months later that his F-1 student visa had been revoked. He contacted the university’s Student and Scholar Services which told him that he could remain in the US as long as he maintained his student status.
“Federal privacy laws limit what can be shared about an individual student,” UA spokesman Alex House said in a statement. “International students studying at the University are valued members of the campus community, and International Student and Scholar Services is available to assist international students who have questions. UA has and will continue to follow all immigration laws and cooperate with federal authorities.”
The Trump administration has been cracking down on university campuses and the feds are combing for illegal immigrants, Hamas sympathizers though many of those who have been arrested or deported claimed that they had no part in Pro-Palestine protests in universities. Columbia University was the first target of the administration, and Mahmoud Khalil was the first noteworthy arrest. Ranjani Srivastava, another Columbia student, left the country when her visa was revoked. Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, was arrested by immigration authorities as she was headed to meet her friends and break her fast on Tuesday.
