ICE detains University of Alabama doctoral student from Iran

An Iranian University of Alabama doctoral pupil was detained aboriginal Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.

University of Alabama officials confirmed to Fox News Digital connected Wednesday that a doctoral student, who the university's paper identified arsenic Alireza Doroudi, was detained astatine his off-campus location aboriginal Tuesday by national migration authorities. 

Doroudi, who is studying mechanical engineering, reportedly came to the U.S. successful January 2023 connected an F-1 pupil visa aft "clearing each migration checks," The Crimson White reported.

The University of Alabama College of Nursing building. (Getty Images)

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Reports enactment his visa was revoked six months later, prompting him to scope retired to the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) astatine the university.

"ISSS replied with confidence, stating that his lawsuit was not antithetic oregon problematic and that helium could stay successful the U.S. legally arsenic agelong arsenic helium maintained his pupil status," according to a substance connection obtained by The Crimson White.

ICE's database lists Doroudi arsenic an Iranian autochthonal and confirms helium is successful ICE custody, though the existent detention installation is not listed.

ICE records amusement an Iranian successful custody by the sanction of Alireza Doroudi. (ICE)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Crimson White helium "posed important nationalist information concerns."

"Federal privateness laws bounds what tin beryllium shared astir an idiosyncratic student," the assemblage wrote successful the connection to Fox News Digital. "International students studying astatine the University are valued members of the field community, and International Student and Scholar Services is disposable to assistance planetary students who person questions. UA has and volition proceed to travel each migration laws and cooperate with national authorities."

Univeristy officials did not respond to further inquiries from Fox News Digital astir whether the instauration knew astir the alleged expired visa.

ICE confirmed Tufts University pupil Rumeysa Ozturk's apprehension to Fox News connected Wednesday.

Earlier this week, ICE detained a Tufts University pupil from Turkey successful Somerville, Massachusetts.

University President Sunil Kumar told Fox News Digital the assemblage learned an planetary aesculapian postgraduate pupil was detained by national authorities astatine off-campus flat gathering successful Somerville.

Unlike the University of Alabama, the school's president confirmed the schoolhouse had "no pre-knowledge of this incidental and did not stock immoderate accusation with national authorities anterior to the event."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials person arrested a Tufts University postgraduate student. (Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe)

Kumar besides verified Tufts was told Ozturk’s visa had been terminated, which enactment is allegedly verifying.

A DHS spokesperson told Fox News its bureau and ICE investigations recovered Ozturk "engaged successful activities successful enactment of Hamas, a overseas violent enactment that relishes the sidesplitting of Americans."

Ozturk's attorneys told Fox News she had a valid F-1 visa presumption anterior to her arrest, and determination were nary charges against her. 

Tufts University President Sunil Kumar called footage of Ozturk's apprehension this week 'disturbing.'

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An enforcement bid was signed by President Donald Trump successful January to retract Hamas supporters' pupil visas amid an "unprecedented question of vile anti-Semitic discrimination, vandalism, and unit against our citizens, particularly successful our schools and connected our campuses."

Tufts is receiving $115.2 cardinal successful funds from the National Institutes of Health arsenic of fiscal twelvemonth 2025, according to the university's website.

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The University of Alabama received $143 cardinal successful national grants, according to its 2023-24 Annual Financial Report.

The DHS and ICE did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for remark connected Doroudi's detainment.

Fox News' Andrew Fone, Audrey Conklin, Bill Melugon and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.