ICE Arrests 250 Foreign Students In Fake College Sting

This story is just bonkers.

The Detroit Free Press reports:

A total of about 250 students have now been arrested since January on immigration violations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of a sting operation by federal agents who enticed foreign-born students, mostly from India, to attend the school that marketed itself as offering graduate programs in technology and computer studies, according to ICE officials.

Many of those arrested have been deported to India while others are contesting their removals. One has been allowed to stay after being granted lawful permanent resident status by an immigration judge. The students had arrived legally in the U.S. on student visas, but since the University of Farmington was later revealed to be a creation of federal agents, they lost their immigration status after it was shut down in January.

This story is WILD

ICE created a fake university, then:

– enticed foreign-born students to attend
– charged them money
– arrested them
– deported them

Students had come legally on student visas, but since the school was fake the visas weren’t valid https://t.co/N39KWZTFV0

— Lis Power (@LisPower1) November 27, 2019

To recap: the feds created a scam school to entrap Indian immigrant-visa students, accredited it so it would look legit, took their money, then deported them for not knowing better, INCLUDING students who transferred out after realizing it was a scam. https://t.co/rdzVvAJSSn

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) November 27, 2019